Looking at like as a whole there are thousands of ethical questions that could be addressed and studied in this paper; I chose one that has always held an interest to me throughout my life. My ethical question has to be "is animal testing ethically right or just a necessity of human survival?" There are so many issues within this one topic that ten pages would never be enough room to cover it all. The main ethical theory I can apply from my textbook Great Traditions in Ethics; Tenth Edition, is John Dewey's "Scientific Method in Ethics." With this theory Dewey tries to understand and explain the methods of science in relation to human morality.
             Animal testing leaves many people upset at the seemingly lack of medical understanding and morality as to the treatment of animals in today's modern day society. Yet, without gathering the facts as to why animal testing is necessary people make rash decisions and conclusions based on their "thoughts" on this issue; relying solely on a form of radical empiricism based on liking and disliking. While looking at the thousands of animal testing web sites and letters from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) I have raised a few questions on the morality and ethics behind animal testing.
             Animal testing seems to be the final say in all medical research and no other alternatives are taken as a comparable substitute to this method, why is that? In all of my college days of being a pre medicine student I was always taught that the computer models are good ways to see a basic reaction between bodily cells but can go no further than a simple cellular level. In other words this model can be used to determine the toxic levels of a substance in the very early stages, but cannot possibly know how a cell may react to a brand new substance. Animals seem to provide the most accurate form of study for a human likeness and in conjunction with these ...