Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-07-13]: Experiments on animals increased in UK this year, following the steady increasing trend of the last years [πηγή: BBC News]. Many people criticize experiments on animals, but what is the other alternative? If you have done all the research you can do on a dish, how can you find out the consequences of a drug on a living organism if you do not test on a living organism? On the other hand, which can be the rules of such experimentation? Tough questions which all come down to one simple thing: Necessity is what drives our actions…(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
