Animal Testing Viewed Through Two Flavors of Utilitarianism

Animal testing has been used since “at least 500 BC” (1). Now, with advances in science such as Dworkin’s theory of evolution and a deeper understanding on animals, there are many ethical concerns on if animal testing is moral or not. An opinion article by Hannah Tiongson, writing for The Condordian, talks about the dilemma of if animal testing is morally correct. Tiongson concludes that it is morally wrong to test on animals. She states that a human’s safety for a product is not fully guaranteed through animal testing, that animals feel emotion, and that some animals have the “capacity to…