Viviection

- He gave me a 90%, so I guess he liked it!! VIVIECTION         Many people today, including scientists and doctors, are questioning the suffering and killing of animals for the sake of human beings. Is it morally correct to dissect a frog or a worm for the purpose of educating a high school student? On the other hand, must 'We study life to protect life' (1:131) The issue of killing animals for the use of biomedical research, education, …

…when the anti-vivisection movement was established ('vivisection').         There are different views as to why or why not there should be animal experimentation. For example, Descartes believed that animals are incapable of feeling pain. He said 'The greatest of all the prejudices we have retained from our infancy is that of believing that beasts think' (1:4). In other words, Descartes believes that animals have no sensations. Singer argues and thinks that animals have feelings, desires, and prefe