Sanctus, I think the problem is reflected even in the basic question as you originally stated it.
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research on animals for human benefit
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As humans we ARE animals. It is the religious community that attempts to put humans on a level seperate from/ above the "animal kingdom". If we dropped the arbitrarly division, the question would not even make sense. If we truly assigned humans to be on the same level as other animals, it would be:
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research on animals for animal benefit
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research on humans for human benefit
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We often assign based on perceived intellect/ awarness/ perception. Starting with "dumb animals" that can't "feel"/ aren't "aware" of the pain, even though they obviously react to it. But we don't carry that to the next "logical" level. If the determining factor is level of intellect/ ability to reason/ ... then we'd use "inferior" humans with low IQ's or comotose as subjects of experimentation. Which we did not long ago. And that included races that were considered "inferior".
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Thanks for helping to get god pounded into my head
Another succesful faith based initiative. Just like 9/11
