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The Case of Animal Experimentation
Chapter four: Animals in Research: Understanding the context
Summary
In the chapter “Animals in Research: Understanding the context” (The Case of Animal Experimentation, 1986), the author, Fox Michael Allen stated that most of the experiments performed on animals are for the benefit of humankind. In this chapter the author discussed the fact that some people critique experiments performed on animals just because these people ignore the aim of this experiments. The author also pointed out that the human sense for what is better for our own survival, and the knowledge of sensibility regarding the respect for nature that humans posse, “should incline us away from cruelty an exploitation” (Fox Michael Allen, 2007,pg ).The author also declared that even though biomedical and behavioural area, which are “two of the major area of animal use today” (Fox Michael Allen, 2007,pg), are the most susceptible areas for criticism, these areas are morally acceptable. The author also insisted that most of the controversy about animal experimentation is due to the ignorance about the nature of the research and its ends. The author also indicated that people against animal research forget that all the research that use animal is in order to “alleviate a considerable amount of human misery and the gain knowledge that will promote human health” (Fox Michael Allen, 2007,pg).The author concluded that before form a judgement about the morality of these kind of research, it is vital to “ move beyond superficial summaries and first impressions” (Fox Michael Allen, 2007,pg)



Critique
The main idea of the author is that human have the right to use animals for any human purpose. In this chapter the main purpose of the author was to prove that the objective of animal research is to improve the human health. I disagree with the author because there are some experiments that have not benefit for human health. Even though the author showed some experiments where animal research have a reasonable purpose, it ink that there is a lot of experiments that are performed without a human health benefit. When the author showed the examples, he just showed experiments whit a good human end, but the author omitted showing examples where selfishness of humans is present, for example when humans use animal for test new cosmetics. The author clearly tried to distract the attention of the issue by showing just one part of the issue; the part where animal experiments are useful for human kind.

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The Case of Animal Experimentation
Chapter two: An Evolutionary Perspective on Humans and Animals

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In the chapter “An Evolutionary Perspective on Humans and Animals” (The case for animal experimentation, 1986), the author, Fox Michael Allen stated that humans are much more developed evolutionarily than animals. In this chapter the author discussed which are the differences regarding to evolution between humans and animals. The author also pointed out that humans should be able to experiment with animals, he supported his idea by saying that according to Judeo- Christians, human kind “ shall have dominion over every living being in the earth” (The case of animal experimentation, An evolutionary perspective on humans and animals, pg 20). The author also claimed that the homo sapiens are species “ eveloped capable of thinking and also capable of using reason” (The case of animal experimentation, An evolutionary perspective on humans and animals, pg 21). The author also mentioned that humans are unique. The author also explained that there is several characteristic that animals and homo sapiens share. The author ilustred his point by saying that some birds can heard and imitate the human voice, and a DNA study which have been performed in chimpanzees and humans reveal a “ genetic relatedness at molecular level” (The case of animal experimentation, An evolutionary perspective on humans and animals, pg 34). The author concluded that humans are the most adaptable animal, and that even though there is some similarities between some animals sand homo sapiens, it is not just in some degree, but it is in kind.

The case for animal experimentation
Chapter one: Fallacies in Our thinking About Animals

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In the chapter “Fallacies in Our thinking About Animals”( The case for animal experimentation, 1986), the author, Fox Michael Allen stated that any animal ought be used for any human end. In this chapter the author started describing some of the reason why people are concerned about animal testing. The author also pointed out that the issue had growth because that there is just one side of the issue that is showed; the side in which animal are suffering in scientific research, but that the side that is putting a huge effort to “maintain and improve the standards of animal care” (The case for animal experimentation, Fallacies in Our thinking About Animals, 1986, pg 10). The author also brought to the light the fact that Scientifics were using animals to do experiments, in order to improve the standards of life of the humankind centuries ago, and that antivivisectionist were as old as animal experimentation. The author also mentioned that the reason why antivivisectionist were against animal testing was because in ancient times anesthetic were not discovered yet, this means that the animal could feel the pain during the whole experiment that was being performed on it. The author also claimed that the biggest grounds against animal testing are the “philosophical or ethical ground”(The case for animal experimentation, Fallacies in Our thinking About Animals, 1986,pg14). The author also ilustred that some people think that certain experiments performed on cute animal such as, cats or dogs are morally wrong, but experiment that are performed on other animals such as frogs, mice, pigs do not received any kind of protest. The author concluded that some people have an irrational thinking toward animals.

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The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved
Chapter one : The Legend Of The Bermuda Triangle As It Is Usually Told

In the chapter “The Legend Of The Bermuda Triangle As It Is Usually Told” ( The Bermuda Triangle Mystery – Solved, 1986), the author, Kusche Larry, pointed out that even though the Bermuda triangle has a reputation of being a mysterious place, it is not more than a “manufactured mystery”. In this chapter, the author started by describing some of the most disconcerting accidents that had taken place in that area. The author also indicated that all the accidents that had occurred in the Bermuda triangle area had happened in a good weather, and all of them had ended in disappearances. The author also mentioned that each one of the ship or airplanes that had disappeared left no trace. The author also explained that this area was baptised with the name of “ Bermuda Triangle” because all the inexplicable accidents had occurred on the area near of Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Florida, that why, when the area is draw in a map the result is an almost perfect triangle ( “Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Florida and back to Bermuda” ). The author also brought to the light the fact that even though many theories had been created, there is no one that have a logical explanation for the disappearances of the ships and airplanes. The author concluded that even though the Bermuda triangle have a reputation of being a strange area, it is not more than a myth that was produced by the human imagination.

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