• Question: What are the main ethical issues to consider when using animals in research?

    Asked by IJZendoorn15 to Ben on 15 Jun 2017. This question was also asked by megan.terriss.
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      Ben Kenward answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      Similar to humans actually – mainly don’t hurt them! Except with animals, you can get away with hurting them if you have a really good reason – like in medical research, you can hurt animals if it’s likely that the research will be able to reduce a lot of suffering in people. I think that’s OK. But I can respect people who don’t think that’s OK. However, if you are going to take that position, you ought to also be a vegetarian, not take medicine, etc, otherwise it’s pretty hypocritical.

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