Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing On Animals

Admittedly, when conducting experiments to test a treatment or to prove something, it usually involves testing on a subject. These subjects are usually animals that were bought by researchers to conduct their experiments. Some of this testing can be done on humans or on animals, but this usually leads to a debate on whether or not ethical to test on animals. This can also referred as an ethical dilemma, which occurs when someone is not able to make a decision due to moral conflicts. Furthermore, individuals question whether it is ever ethical to experiment on animals, the answer is not clear. Some people argue that animal testing is ethical and it is better than conducting experiments on humans.
However, I think it is never ethical to experiment on animals because animals should have the same or similar …show more content…
Utilitarianism is having the greatest net happiness for the greatest number for everyone including animals. Additionally, utilitarianism wants the best ratio of pleasure and happiness to pain and suffering. Furthermore, this means that in order to have the greatest amount of happiness then pain and suffering needs to be low or not exist. Another philosopher that believed in Utilitarianism is John Stuart Mills, who would probably support Jeremy Bentham’s viewpoint because it a moral for a human being to care about the pain and pleasure of another species. Utilitarian’s would argue that animals have the ability to feel pleasure and pain. In addition, human beings care about the pain and pleasure of another species because Utilitarian’s would want the greatest number of happiness and pleasure. I would not/fully agree with this argument because it seems that Utilitarian’s are still giving animals similar rights as humans. However, they do not want the animals to feel pain and suffering, but happiness and