Nowadays animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Some people argue that these experiments should be banned because it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer, while others are in favour of them because of their benefits to humanity. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
People
have conflicting views on whether animal experiments should be allowed. It is true that they bring some benefits, but I would argue that they should be prohibited.
On the one hand, by doing medical tests on animals
, people
can figure out the potential side effects of medicines at a low cost and help to save innocent lives which may suffer from serious injuries or death because of taking such
drugs. Also
, in scientific explorations to unknown places, animals
can be used to detect if the environment is safe for humans and protect explorers from potential harm. For instance
, when the first aircraft which can carry human beings
were made, on trial flights, dogs and monkeys are put in the drivers' cabinet to see if this
vehicle is safe for humans to stay in. Therefore
, it is true that doing experiments on animals
helps to advance medical and scientific research.
However
, I would argue that tests on animals
should not be allowed. The most important thing is that as living creatures, animals
and human beings
have equal rights to life, therefore
, people
have no right to deprive animals
of their lives. Hence
, this
behaviour is morally wrong. Moreover
, in most research fields, human beings
can devise ways to alternate animals
, so it is unnecessary to exploit animals
on human beings
' behalf. To give an illustration, in car accident simulation experiments, an artificial human body with sensors attached to different parts of the body can efficiently emulate the harms that passengers got in a collision, therefore
it is not a must to use animals
to implement this
function.
In conclusion, animal tests can benefit people
in some ways, but it is necessary for them to be banned.Submitted by sabrinahuang0105 on
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