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To protect against a possible resurgence of smallpox, the US government is funding research to improve treatments and vaccines. And since itās unethical to expose people to a highly lethal virus, labs are using monkeys as research subjects. But is it right to harm these animals to protect humanity from a potential threat? Rebecca L. Walker takes a look at this classic ethical dilemma.
Lesson by Rebecca L. Walker, directed by Sharon Colman.
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It's well and good to say that it is unethical to sacrifice one life to save five, but what do you think happens in an emergency room when doctors and nurses perform triage? What about when we choose to fund research to cure one fatal disease vs another? Or whether we want to invest in infrastructure to protect against fire in California or flooding in Florida? Try as we might, the trolley problem is inescapable (and sadly, refusing to choose is also a choice).
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Ik it's a never ending dilemma but regardless of the fact if it's right or wrong, I think it's just that any certain species will try to protect other members of its own species.
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Humans will always think of humans as the main priority. Well, because we're humans. Our friends and family are humans. So I think in this case, the cause is more of an emotional one. When a lot of people would face a choice to save either their friend or a stranger, they'd certainly prefer the friend. So even in humans, lives are not equally important to everyone.
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From what i can tell, assigning value isnt the problem at all. Anyone can dictate how valuable something is for themselves. The actual problem is forcing other people to accept a dictated value. The end goal is to have everyone agree that "yes, this is the value of something" which isn't going to happen for as long as people think for themselves.
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The philosophical content are always intriguing. thanks for the videos.
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About 5 years ago when I was 17 ted was a place for answers for me, but now as I grow older and get into them deeper, the videos are full of dilemmas and questions
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"I am too early I don't know what to comment..So just pretend like I said something meaningful "
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The animators must be praised as always.. how cool they make these animations shine
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Well, to be honest there can be no conclusion to this argument because it is essentially our nature to keep ourselves safe. We are naturally biased in our opinions. We cannot turn away from the fact that in end we still want better medications and treatments for ourselves and for those close to us even at the cost of an animal 's suffering.
To be precise, moral ethics are only acceptable to a person if it doesn't go against his/her essential needs.
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The dilemma gets even crazier if we consider plants. I personally think that it would be impossible to consider every single species as an equal. Even you reading this right now, even, is killing thousands of microorganisms that are keeping you alive.
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timely, been pondering this for months. Unavoidable for now, like a carnivore eats another animal, but we should constantly innovate to slowly go away from animal abuse. I think there is a future for medical technologies that needs little animal testing and animal farming.
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The animation of these Ted Ed Videos always fascinates me. Thank you.
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Morality is hard. It's hard to care about others when they are suffering and you can't help them. They only matter if they matter to you, but either way, they still suffer.
The belief that someone is going to come along and "solve" this moral issue for us by telling us who is and isn't worth consideration is naive and harmful.
Just as much as sexism, racism, and homophobia aren't "solved," this issue will never be solved either. Waiting for some catch all solution only worsens the problem as we ignore it.
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Another good question is why the assertion that life can be valued like a commodity for its use to an economy - we've called non useful life pests.
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Scoiety is inevitably built on the suffering of someone. Best we can do is try to lessen the suffering, we can never truly erase it.
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If you are the one whose life is at line you'll be ready to sacrifice all of them
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I think we should respect those who are sentient, and we can guess if a thing is sentient based on whether it has a nervous system. But it's hard to say. In any case, animals (except sponges I guess) should definitely be considered moral subjects if you ask me.
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This is very thoughtprovoking ā¤
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My reasoning is thereās no Ā«Ā rightĀ Ā» answer about it. In a vacuum, life is life, whatever its form may be but for each living being faced with this dilemma, it wouldnāt be far fetched to believe one would place more value on its species over the others.
For cases without alternatives, if an action is bound to hurt another species but is necessary, it is, for me, understandable to prioritize our own. Finding ourselves into a predicament like the Ā«Ā 100 monkeys for one lifeĀ Ā» might happen and surely there would be will to blame those who would perpetrate it, but at the same time, without any other choice, wouldnāt we blame as well if they let the person die?
Once again, Iām talking about necessity and actions from humans towards non humans. Life, for the most part, uses life to sustain itself. Itās not right, itās not wrong, itās the way it is.
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āWhatever you decide, your choice should be well justified.ā This is a great rule to live by.
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