the use of animals in brain research project is ethical&jutifiable because of possible benefits to humankind?

Question

give me arguments why are you think is right

Answer 1

There is no doubt that animals suffer in laboratory tests. This is a fact. There is no doubt that humans and animals benefit from the findings associated with laboratory tests. This is also a fact.

There are many people alive today because of what has been done to and with animals in laboratories. Are their lives worth the suffering of the animals?

That leads to the question, are animals' lives less valuable than human lives? And the answer there will be very different coming from different people.

Then we have to note that many animals' lives have been made better because of laboratory study of animals.

In using humans in studies, many layers of approval have to be obtained from the person or his/her caregiver, the institution doing the study and so forth. Permissions must be obtained to study on animals, too, but they don't include the animals' permissions, of course.

I think the responses you get will be widely diverse. I don't think there is a clear cut answer. If you're in PETA you know the answer... you have a dogma that defines it for you. If you're in academia and do that research you have a practice that defines it for you.

The answer depends on who you are, what your experiences are and who your associations are with.

I think we need to rethink how animal research is done.

Answer 2

I believe that the majority of the people in western cultures believe that animal research for the betterment of mankind is justifiable.

A weak argument is that It is as justifiable as the process of breeding chickens to be slaughtered for food when plant life which provides the same nutrients and benefits is readily and abundantly available.

On an individual level, each person has the right to be repulsed by such activities. However, if the culture at large condoms this conduct, it should be morally acceptable within that societal context.

The culture in which we live makes the decision as to what is ethical and what is not.