(August 21, 2011 at 11:57 pm)Skeptic Wrote: Well, such a society as we have now wouldn't exist without slavery, that's no reason to continue it.
That's plainly untrue, slavery was immorality indulged in by many nations over the history of mankind but it is no way a necessary foundation without which modern society would not exist, unlike the use of animals, it was the use of animal products, especially early agriculture, than was responsible for the survival of our species.
Quote:Animal testing might reduce some human suffering. Since we've never been in a position where we don't use animal testing we have nothing to compare it against.
If the number of humans saved from suffering is larger than the number of animals who had to suffer then we can objectively say that the use of animal subjects minimized suffering.
We can also compare the suffering of persons who uses animal tested products to persons who do not, see whom lives a longer and healthier life on average.
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