Ball State University Animals Used for Products Essay

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The goal of this paper is to construct a fair-minded, unbiased, analytical analysis of a topic in a comprehensive essay.

  • This is not an opinion piece or a persuasive essay that simply aims to prove or reinforce what you already believe. This would be confirmation bias, and bias must be avoided in this project.
  • This project needs to avoid harsh rhetoric or language that is harmful and hurtful in nature. The point is to be objective and unemotional in your approach.
  • This essay should be written in a fair, academic, respectful, and analytical manner regardless of any of your opinions, feelings, or preconceived notions about the topic.
  • Both sides of your topic must be treated with equal attention, both in terms of the number and quality of sources and in the depth and breadth of their presentation in your essay. Both sides should be addressed in the same number of paragraphs in roughly equivalent detail, and should be supported by the same number of quality sources.
  • You must identify and define rhetorical devices and logical fallacies on both sides of the argument. Be sure you indicate which specific rhetorical device and fallacy you have found, and there is evidence in your sources of these course concepts in practice that is cited in your paper.
  • You will present statements and claims for analyzing both sides of the topic. Only then should you state you own conclusion as an objective, critical thinker given the information presented.

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    • Introduction: Identify the issue. Provide the necessary background and/or important recent developments. Define key terms and concepts. Engage the reader and explain the broader significance of the issue.
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    • Evaluation of Critical Thinking: Assess the strength of the arguments and the quality of thinking surrounding this issue.
      • Identify weaknesses in critical thinking such as fallacies, rhetorical devices, vague language, and cognitive biases. Provide specific examples of how these weaknesses appear in arguments you encountered, using terminology and definitions from the course. Be specific! Present evidence from your sources that show these fallacies/biases being used.
      • Evaluate the quality of scientific and anecdotal evidence using the standards of inductive and deductive reasoning described in the course. Consider the quality of causal relationship, analogies, generalizations, and/or moral reasoning.
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Running head: ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS

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Animals Used for Products.
First Name, Last Name
Course Information
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Abstract

In this Critical Analysis paper, there are two topics being presented and discussed. One topic is
the idea that animals should be used to test new medicine and drugs as well as in products. The
next topic is the idea that animals should not be used to test new medicine and drugs as well as in
products. There are sound arguments to both sides, as well as fallacies and cognitive bias that
were found in some sources. The results concluded, however, that one side had the best
arguments. This side was that animals should not be used in testing nor in products. This was
chosen because the sources that backed up the arguments that it was unethical for the animals
were sound and based on academic journals that are both credible and reliable. While there was a
conclusion as to which side had the best argument, the author noted that both sides had plenty of
clear arguments that if given the right sources could improve.
Keywords: Animal Testing, Animal Products, Ethics, Animal Ethics, Critical Analysis
Animals

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Animals Used for Products

Animals have been used in products and in order to test new medications and
drugs for centuries. As discussed online by Cynthia Burnett, animals have been used to
understand biology and the human body since 200 AD, where Romans would cut open various
animals like pigs to examine what their insides looked like, as opposed to cutting open humans
(Issues magazine 2020). While the history behind animals being used for testing and products is
rich, it has also, however, become a controversial topic where two sides are arguing against or
for animal use. Research has been done to both find out which side has the most correct
argument, and yet no conclusion has arisen because of the countless results found. According to
an online published academic journal titled Mice, men, and medicine, “There are many hundreds
of peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals in circulation, many of which publish research
involving the use of animals” (Galley, 2010). This reiterates the idea of how controversial this
topic is. Animal lovers who do not condone the use of animals argue that animals should not be
used in products or testing as it is cruelty. On the other side, those who argue for animal use in
products, view it as a necessity in order to excel in the sciences.

Arguments for Why Animals Should Be Used in Products/Testing

One argument in this topic is that animals should be used in both testing new drugs and
inside of products used by humans. One common argument from this side of the topic is that
without animal testing, scientists and researchers would be forced to test on humans, which is
unethical and can be painful. Without animals, it would be difficult for scientists and researchers
to gain any relevant results that can be used. Many animals share similar features, anatomy, and
DNA to humans, one of these is mice. Mice, according to Understanding Animal Research, are

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about 95% similar in DNA and anatomy to humans (Galley, 2010). Not only are they as similar
to humans as possible, but these small animals are easy to reproduce. There is no shortage of
animals and they have been constantly used throughout history to research and test new drugs. In
fact, they have been used so frequently that according to the same source above, “Nearly every
Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine since 1901 has relied on animal data for their
research” (Forty reasons why we need animals in research: UNDERSTANDING animal
research 2019). Some may argue that if animals should not be used in research, will the previous
studies be meaningless?

Although there are sound reasonings for the idea that animals should be used to test new
drugs and medication, what about the testing and use of animals in products? Animals
byproducts can be found in many products, mainly cosmetics. If animals should be used in
products and testing, does this include cosmetics? According to some arguing this side, it should.
One of the more popular products and examples of humans using animals as products is mink
eyelashes that use the fur of minks. Some argue that this is ethical because the animals are not
harmed in the progress. However, this argument was actually found to be untrue and can easily
be argued against. The counterargument for this is that while Minks may not feel pain while
humans are extracting their fur, they are still raised in farms and overproduced, causing harm to
their bodies and eventually early death (Vickman, 2014). Some may counter that while some
farms may do this, there are still ethically sourced Mink products that do not harm the small
animal. Still, the argument stands that animals should be used in both products and testing.
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