有关用活体动物做实验的辩论
反对方
(一)道德层面
1.The benefits of research using animals do not justify the suffering caused(.用动物做实验的优点并不能替代(它们的)痛苦。
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2.The lives of animals should be respected.(动物的生命应该得到尊重)
3.动物也有权利,人类没有道德权利进行动物实验。
Could anyone tell me why humans are more important than any other animals? Could anyone please tell me the fundamental reason why human suffering is 'absolutely' more important than animal suffering, why the intense agony experienced by a laboratory animal is inconsequential(不重要的,微不足道的)when view against the same or even lesser degree of suffering within a human. Of course We see ourselves as more important than other species, as I'm sure other self-realising species see themselves, but we cannot use this flimsy(轻而薄的), subjective argument as an excuse to totally disregard the feelings of other species. Humankind has absolutely no right to use animals for any reason whatsoever, especially for experimental use.Humans have no moral right to do experiments on animals.
4.在试验中动物被残忍的伤害。
Animal experimentation involves the incarceration of animals and poisoning, mutilation, disease and killing of those individuals. It is arguably the most brutal and most severe form of viol ence in the modern world.
(二)现实层面
1.Animal experiments are ultimately applied to human by clinical trials(临床试验), which are not accurate.
2.The main disadvantage of animal testing is the inhumane treatment of animals in tests due to the fact that anesthesia (麻醉)for the help of pain is often not used.
3.可以有别的选择来代替动物实验
Many alternatives already exist, and there must be many more which are waiting to be found. The day will surely come when not more experiments on animals will need to be done for human medicine. The most common alternatives that are used today are: in-vitro tests(体外试验), computer software, and even human “clinical tests(临床试验)”. The use of animal cells, organs, and tissue cultures are also deemed as alternatives。
(三)总结
All in all, the animals can not tell the scientist that they don’t want to be tested on, but humans can. We need to talk for the animals and
help stop this cruel and inhumane treatment. There are many other ways that products and medicine can be tested; the use of innocent animals is no longer need ed. Let us turn down cures that have been tested on animals.。