Psychologists use animals to learn and understand some basic human behaviours such as hunger, thirst and reproduction. The use of animals in psychology links back to the 17th century in the UK. From this point of the history animals have been used for various psychological and biological reasons but now we face with a debate were people believe that animals shouldn’t be used in experiments.
There are several reasons why people are against this but the first and, perhaps the most important one, is because of ethics. According to Jeremy Bentham, a famous philosopher, “The question is not, Can they reason?, nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?”. This kind of questions are brought up to the light everyday and many people think that experimenting on animals is morally wrong. Animals deserve “rights”. This doesn’t mean psychologist would stop experimenting on them but perhaps they can provide a reasonable and adequate way of treating them.
Apart from ethics there are some pros and cons of animal experimentation. Some of the most important advantages are that they have contribute to many self-saving cures and treatments. “The California Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from …show more content…
This is something real that still happens but it is a fact that every day more and more people are against it. It is true that animals are treated un ethically according to http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/ but not everything is negative because animal testing has contribute to human health. Although new technology is being created every day and perhaps experimenting on animal can disappear thanks to this developments that can help in the same way animal testing helps human
There are several reasons why people are against this but the first and, perhaps the most important one, is because of ethics. According to Jeremy Bentham, a famous philosopher, “The question is not, Can they reason?, nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?”. This kind of questions are brought up to the light everyday and many people think that experimenting on animals is morally wrong. Animals deserve “rights”. This doesn’t mean psychologist would stop experimenting on them but perhaps they can provide a reasonable and adequate way of treating them.
Apart from ethics there are some pros and cons of animal experimentation. Some of the most important advantages are that they have contribute to many self-saving cures and treatments. “The California Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from …show more content…
This is something real that still happens but it is a fact that every day more and more people are against it. It is true that animals are treated un ethically according to http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/ but not everything is negative because animal testing has contribute to human health. Although new technology is being created every day and perhaps experimenting on animal can disappear thanks to this developments that can help in the same way animal testing helps human