On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mean that people are free to decide if others feel pain. For example, a > scientist may decide that a mouse does not feel pain when it is stuck in the > eye with a needle (the standard way to draw blood) even though it squirms > just like a human would. It is surprisingly easy to modify one's ethics to > feel this way, as proven by the Milgram experiments and Nazi war crime trials.
I'm sure you're not meaning to suggest that scientists commonly rationalize in this way, nor that they are all Nazi war criminals for experimenting on animals. I feel the need to remind people that "animal rights" is a fringe movement that does not represent the views of the majority. We experiment on animals because the benefits, to humans, are considered worthwhile. Trent ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
