Scientific Experiment On Animals By Jonathan Wolf

Scientific Experiment on Animals Name Institution Scientific Experiment on Animals It is on the premise of policy formulation on scientific experimentation on animals that Jonathan Wolf puts forth philosophical views and perceptions on the morality and ethical issues pertaining humanity’s mandate towards respecting the rights of animals. Scientific experiment on animals is often done on the premise that the procedures will have positive impacts or would rather be beneficial in enhancing human life. Cutting-edge discoveries in curative medicines for some of the most lethal diseases in human history were made through scientific experimentation on animals. However, the morality of such practices raises ethical questions on the stipulations outlined by human beings themselves in the guise of observing the rights of animals. Among the justifications given in the United Kingdom, one of the countries with the most stringent measures or guidelines on animal experimentation is that such procedures should only be allowed if they have potential to enhance the lives of both the human beings and animals. Furthermore, authorities would only give the go-ahead for such procedures once an establishment is made to the extent of harm, pain, suffering, and or distress over the animals. Philosophical views on the morality have played a significant role in influencing positive reforms, amendments and enactments to the existing laws and regulations guiding the licencing of scientific experimentation on animals. According to Jonathan Wolf, “Peter Singer’s arguments for ‘animal liberation’, for example, have had a huge influence on how these questions are considered and discussed,” CITATION Wol11 \l 2057 (Wolff, 2011). The author purports that philosophy accounts for major ethical considerations transforming the existing moral perceptions on the issue and thus making positive impacts on the policy debate on the morality of animal treatment, especially in the scientific field. Nevertheless, the school of philosophy is home to controversial views amidst itself as it lacks a common voice on the best course of action or approach in addressing the issue. Hence, it becomes difficult for humanity to form the moral basis on carrying out scientific experiment on animals on the diverse views from the field of philosophy. The study, however, continues to make major strides in making key concessions in the hope of influencing positive impacts on the morality of human beings in justifying the use of animals for scientific experiments. The author quotes one of his colleagues saying, ‘I know an awful lot about pain in rats. I don’t know how much I know about pain in human beings’, in reference to the efficacy of the scientific experiments in enhancing human lives CITATION Wol11 \l 2057 (Wolff, 2011). Justification of scientific experiments on animals based on the outcomes of the procedure to humanity is found to be wanting and of little weight in impacting policies on the matter. A standard approach suggests the questioning of the role of human beings as the moral guardians on matters pertaining the scientific experiment on animals. Apparently, humanity lacks in its assumed role as the determining agent in the moral and ethical issues surrounding the i...