These opponents include animal- rights extremists and vivisectionist groups who believe that animal experimentation is cruel and unnecessary, irrespective of its purpose and benefits. ... Since animals do not have the same cognitive abilities as humans have, therefore animals are not part of the human moral community and should not be granted human rights. Without the human rights, animals are allowed to be used for research. Animal experimentation is ethical because humans have a higher moral status than animals and animals lack human rights. ... Animals do not have certain human rights th...

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Animal rights are an emotional issue-second only, perhaps, to the bitter abortion debate." ... Animal rights activists have gathered a large amount of information that has closed down many laboratories that violate anti-cruelty statutes. ... We understand that people have certain rights that keep them from being experimented on by other people. What we don't realize is that it is impossible to justify rights for humans, who are a type of animal, and deny rights to non-human animals. ... Human morality must expand to acknowledge and respect the rights of non-human animals....

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Animal rights are an emotional issue-second only, perhaps, to the bitter abortion debate." ... Animal rights activists have gathered a large amount of information that has closed down many laboratories that violate anti-cruelty statutes. ... We understand that people have certain rights that keep them from being experimented on by other people. What we don't realize is that it is impossible to justify rights for humans, who are a type of animal, and deny rights to non-human animals. ... Human morality must expand to acknowledge and respect the rights of non-human animals....

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Animal rights are an emotional issue, second only perhaps, to the bitter abortion debate. ... Animal rights activists have gathered a large amount of information that has closed down many laboratories that violate anti-cruelty statutes. ... We understand that people have certain rights that keep them from being experimented on by other people. What we don't realize is that it is impossible to justify rights for humans, who are a type of animal, and deny rights to non-human animals. ... Human morality must expand to acknowledge and respect the rights of non-human animals. ...

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People say: "We have rights over animals. ... You have no rights over them. ... Not only is animal research harmful to animals, it is harmful to humans as well. ... In 1986, the Animals Scientific Procedures Act was passed to ensure regulations on animal experimentation. ... Researchers must also replace animals by developing non-animal techniques that can be used in experiments instead of using animals. ...

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Ethical Positions on Animal Cloning Science and human values often clash. ... There is a greater tolerance for cloning animals to serve human purposes. However, some groups oppose animal cloning for moral reasons. ... The prevailing perspective is that it is morally permissible to use animals in scientific research if the research can be shown to benefit humans or other animals. ... This "animal rights" perspective holds that animals experience pain and have human, or human like, emotions and thus should not be subjected to experimentations that can lead to confinement, pain and suffering, ...

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The argument of many scientists around the world is that they"re research is helping and even saving lives of animals. ... What world is this where animals can be cloned to be just like another? ... I find this research and development dangerous for the sake of individuality and the rights of nature. ... You can't take away scientists" rights once they've started. ...

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In terms of food supply, many are against the idea of genetically creating animals for "wholesale slaughter" for human consumption. ( David Koepsell) Genetically producing animals raises the ethical concerns of creating animals specifically for human food consumption. ... Other ethical principles of concern with genetic engineering include how this scientific field will affect "the distribution of social goods as well as political rights" (David Koepseel). ... Scientist are genetically cloning certain animals for meat production and these animals are being genetically modif...

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