Essay 25: Animal testing

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White rabbit in scientific lab experiment

Nowadays animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Some people argue that these experiments should be banned because IT IS MORALLY WRONG TO CAUSE ANIMALS TO SUFFER (sai trái về mặt đạo đức khi gây ra những đau đớn cho động vật), while others are in favour of them because of their benefits to humanity.

 Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

It is true that medicines and other products are routinely tested on animals before they are cleared for human use. While I tend towards the viewpoint that ANIMAL TESTING IS MORALLY WRONG , I would have to support a limited amount of animal experimentation for the development of medicines.

On the one hand, there are clear ethical arguments against animal experimentation. To use a common example of this practice, laboratory mice MAY BE GIVEN AN ILLNESS so that THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANEW DRUG CAN BE MEASURED. Opponents of such research argue that humans have no right to subject animals to this kind of trauma, and that the lives of all creatures should be respected. They believe that THE BENEFITS TO HUMANS DO NOT JUSTIFY THE SUFFERING CAUSED , and that scientists SHOULD USE ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF RESEARCH.

On the other hand, RELIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION  may not always be available. Supporters of the use of animals in medical research believe that a certain amount of suffering on the part of mice or rats can be justified if human lives are saved. They argue that opponents of such research might feel differently if a member of their own families needed a medical treatment that had been developed through the use of animal experimentation. Personally, I agree with THE BANNING OF ANIMAL TESTING FOR NON-MEDICAL PRODUCTS , but I feel that it may be a necessary evil where new drugs and medical procedures are concerned.

In conclusion, it seems to me that it would be wrong to ban testing on animals for vital medical research until equally effective alternatives have been developed.

Những cụm từ cần lưu ý:

ANIMAL TESTING IS MORALLY WRONG: thí nghiệm trên động vật là sai về mặt đạo đức.

MAY BE GIVEN AN ILLNESS: có thể bị cho nhiễm bệnh

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANEW DRUG CAN BE MEASURED: tính hiệu quả của một loại thuốc mới có thể được đánh giá.

THE BENEFITS TO HUMANS DO NOT JUSTIFY THE SUFFERING CAUSED: những lợi ích của con người không nên là lý do biện hộ để khiến cho động vật phải chịu đau đớn

SHOULD USE ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF RESEARCH: nên sử dụng các phương pháp nghiên cứu thay thế.

RELIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION: những phương thức nghiên cứu đáng tin cậy khác thay cho phương thức thử nghiệm trên động vật.

THE BANNING OF ANIMAL TESTING FOR NON-MEDICAL PRODUCTS: việc cấm thí nghiệm trên động vật cho những sản phẩm phi y tế.