Christina Hoff's Moral And Immoral Uses Of Animals

Christina Hoff is the author of Moral and Immoral Uses of Animals. Hoff believes that the use of painful animal experimentation is only justifiable when the ends justify the means. This means to say that painful experimentation of animals is only morally justified when it serves a purpose that greatly benefits humans or other animals. Hoff also believes that human life is generally more important than animal life, and that painful experiments on non consenting humans is immoral regardless of the benefits. I do not agree with Christina Hoff's belief that an animal's life is less valuable than that of a human life, and that experimentation on animals is justifiable.

The first point that Hoff highlights in her argument is that animals do not experience pain and suffering the same way that humans do. It has been mentioned throughout her article that while both humans and …show more content…
It is suggested that humans may experiment on animals simply because they are on top of the food chain, giving them a natural need to keep their place on that totem pole. This theory is given to us through the philosopher Cicero. This argument also gives an explanation to Hoff's belief that humans should never be able to experiment on non consenting humans because affecting another human beings life in that manner is immoral. This is because Hoff believes that a human's life is important to more than just itself, but also to what they can provide to society and to the relationships that they have created with others. It is to say that when a human beings life is terminated, it affects the lives around it, as opposed to when an animal dies but does not affect a large portion of society. The complex mind, relationships, and progressiveness in life is what sets the difference between them and an animal, thus making it more justifiable to experiment on