Monday, September 3, 2012
Introduction to Physiological Psychology
When dealing with the subject of animal testing, many people have a different opinion on whether it is right or wrong. In our book it discussed the two types of thoughts, one is the Abolition and the other is the Minimalist. Abolition believe that animals should never be used for testing and that they should have the saw rights as humans. Minimalist believe that testing should be human and that the least number of animals should be used and that their level of suffering should be kept as low as possible. I personally consider myself a Minimalist. I believe if using animals for research can help find cures for a number of devastating diseases such as AIDS, cancer, and diabetes we should use them with care and humanity. If we look back in history at different types illnesses and medical problems it is easy to see the impact that animal research has had on finding a cure, or at least finding ways to medically treat the illness for a better quality of life. In addition to finding cures and treatments animal research has also been valuable in finding Vaccines. An example of important animal research has been the vaccine to help prevent illnesses such as chicken pox. I feel that I might have some bias in this as I have a personal interest in using animals to find cures. I suffer from a pancreatic problem that one day I hope they will find a cure for or at least a greater understanding on how to treat pancreatic disorders. If they have to use animal testing to help find a cure that could help thousands or even millions of people I believe that the researchers should be supported and allowed to continue. However, as I stated earlier I consider myself a Minimalist even though I do believe in the value of animal testing when it comes to finding a cure or a treatment for something I believe they should try to do as little harm and be as non invasive as they can to the animals. The video below is about the different medicines that have been found that help with different things. All of the medicines that are in the video were first tested on animals but eventually have helped many people in our world live healthier and more productive lifes.
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i consider my self a minimalist too. i think about how they treat the animals in the experiments but also if they can help us discover new medicines its better. i feel like i am in the middle, i do not like to see animals abuse but animals have play a very important role in experiment and how those experiments will help the humans.
ReplyDeleteFirst off this was an awesome topic to blog about! (And I'm not just saying that because I choose the same topic) I find myself to also be a minimalist. I like that you connected your blog with a personal story. I guess I too could have connected by post with my family that are all diabetics that benefit from the study on dogs that provided insulin. So kudos!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you one hundred percent on this subject. I really understand the feelings of people who support the idea of abolition, I do feel for those animals that have to suffer a great deal in the name of science, although it is true that many people enjoy making those poor animal suffer, it is also true that research has contribute a great deal to the scientific community. I am a minimalist, the field of medicine has advance a lot thanks to many researches conducted in animals to find a cure to so many conditions and illnesses, that without we won’t be here today for sure. I guess we have to find a mid-point where everybody can agree. There should be more rules and regulations regarding the safety of those animals, and they should let people in charge for the security and well-being of these animals to check at any time if they are being treated with compassion and make sure that the minimum of suffering is taking place. Something should be done for sure so that animal research continue and abolitionists could be at ease about this controversial issue.
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