This Blog considers assisted suicide/euthanasia, bioethics, human cloning, biotechnology, radical environmentalism, and the dangers of animal rights/liberation. My views expressed here, as in my books and other writings, reflect my understanding that the philosophy of human exceptionalism is the bedrock of universal human rights. Or, to put it another way: human life matters. (The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of any organization with which I am affiliated.)
PETA and Cancer Research
Center for Consumer Freedom, an industry supported non profit, has this truthful ad up that skewers the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for impeding cancer and other medical research. The fact is we need to use animals in research. Period. It is part of ethical science. Those who would impede the research, do so at your peril.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 8:06 PM
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I am a Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the Discovery Institute and the author of 12 books, including A Rat Is A Pig Is A Dog Is A Boy, which is relevant to the issues considered by this blog.
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I'd be cautious here about using the exact same arguments in favor of animal-based research that the ESCR and cloning enthusiasts make about unborn-human-animal-based research.
The big difference, in my view, is that one area involves human life and the other doesn't. This, of course, doesn't mean that we should not demand the highest standards of humane care for animals in research, an issue about which we should never be complacent.
i hate peta. they kill animals and i kinda like meat. nobody should stand for peta i'd like to start a club against it!!!!!!!!!!
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