This paper endeavours to delineate the discourse concerning the necessity of animal experimentation. Using the utilitarian approach (cost-benefit analysis), the benefits of animal experimentation (vivisection) to society, especially in the field of medical research, outweigh the unavoidable costs. W...

VICTORIES IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASE Once upon a time, not so many years ago, each summer brought fear of a deadly, paralyzing disease, which struck mostly children and young adults. This killer cut short the lives of hundreds of young people every year, and made long-life cripples out of many s...

Most of us in this room have probably not suffered from a debilitating illness or a life-threatening disease. But maybe you know of someone who has. Has either of your parents or grandparents been diagnosed with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or some other illness? Has someone you know had surg...

For centuries, animals have been used in medical research. Since 1875, animal experimentation has been an ongoing heated debate on whether experiments on animals are ethical. At the very start, the movement against animal testing focused mainly on the "inhumanity of hurting and killing living being...

Abstract Are we to let concern for the 'rights' of pests cost human lives? The answer is a simple one-no. Animal research, although often the subject of debate is a positive thing. Without it, where would the world be? Tests certainly cannot be done on humans, for what human will...

It was thirty years ago the Animal Rights Movement began to arise in full force, following Peter Singer's book "Animal Liberation" in 1975. Singer was a strong believer that animals should live a life with a minimum amount of pain and suffering. From his point of view those who disag...

Medicines, household products, food, and basically everything involved in the life of an average person has to under go a form of testing before it is legal to be placed on a shelf and if available to the public. The same tests are performed on every medical procedure that is introduced to sur...