It is morally acceptable to test products designed for human benefit or use on non-human animals.

I must also say that when I refer to "Animals" it is a reference to non-human animals. First I must define a few terms: Merriam-Webster defines: Immoral as "not moral; broadly : conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles" Moral as "of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ethical" right as "righteous, upright" behaviour as " the manner of conducting oneself " I will attempt to argue the immorality of this resolution in the following contentions: 1) An animal is no less justified as a living creature as a human is. Due to the Pavlov's dog test, Animals are proven conscious and able to deduce/induce situations. "Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when he saw that the dogs drooled without the proper stimulus. Although no food was in sight, their saliva still dribbled. It turned out that the dogs were reacting to lab coats. Every time the dogs were served food, the person who served the food was wearing a lab coat. Therefore, the dogs reacted as if food was on its way whenever they saw a lab coat. In a series of experiments, Pavlov then tried to figure out how these phenomena were linked. For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed. If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food. After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling. " . http://nobelprize.org... A) Pavlov tested on domestic animals which, according to . http://www.stopanimaltesting.com..., are a majority of the animals used in testing. If domestic animals alone are granted conscious and deductive behavour, they resemble that of a human. B) A human may object upon request and is given a chance to have heresay on the subject. Animals do not. They may object physically but has no prior grant to object. If it is immoral to test on a human with similar inductive and deductive skills, why not on an animal? As I stated before, an animal is no less justified as a living creature as a human is. 2) Animals are not verbally objective and are not being supported, by law, against test or abuse. A) Animals have a lack of a little something that humans seem to take for granted: Communication amongst human beings in a collaborative manner. They (animals) have no way of procuring a defense of themselves for they have no plausible way of communicating verbally. Physical protests are often ignored or, to some extent, subdued. B) Though some laws have been passed, Not much protection is provided for animals who are tested upon. Laws are set in action to uphold morals. Therefore, by proving it is immoral to test on animals, I will also prove that laws are not upholding the morals they are supposed to protect. 3) Animal experimentation rests on logical contradiction. A)"Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are like us. ' Ask the experimenters why it is morally OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is: 'Because the animals are not like us. '"-Professor Charles R. Magel This is a lapse in logic as they are similar, granting neccessary evidence for testing but it is immoral because they are not similar to us. If this is the logic behind animal experimentation, there is definitely a need for further investigation as to why animal experimentation is neccessary. B)Animals are treated with the utmost aggression in many cases of tests as seen in this video: . http://www.petatv.com... And procured in this website: "As many as 115 million animals are experimented on and killed in laboratories in the U. S. every year. Much of the experimentation-including pumping chemicals into rats' stomachs, hacking muscle tissue from dogs' thighs, and putting baby monkeys in isolation chambers far from their mothers. .. " . http://www.stopanimaltests.com... I defy you to tell me that the evidence provided in these two preceeding sources alone aren't enough to claim Animal Experimentation is immoral. Thank you and the best of wishes to my opponent.