Humans better guinea pigs
After my letter about the VA in America abusing puppy dogs was published I did some googling and saw that on several websites people suggested that instead of experimenting on those dogs we should experiment on murderers and rapists.
In the past I have argued that not only are animals entitled to more mercy than heinous criminals, but heinous criminals being members of our species would make tremendously better research models.
If people are going to argue that we have a right to torture some for the hypothetical benefit of others, then they have a moral responsibility to explain who deserves to be tortured and why.
Eric Bahrt
