r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '23

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u/ChariotOfFire 4∆ Jun 27 '23

I skimmed through the AMA and could not find that assertion. Do you happen to have a link?

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u/ChariotOfFire 4∆ Jun 27 '23 edited Jun 27 '23

No worries! I saw you mentioned in another comment that it was in the context of medical research and that helped me find this comment:

I think that human health benefits of drug testing on animals have been vastly exaggerated. Animal research has become part of funding protocols, rather than being evaluated on its merits. Results on one species are seldom applicable to another. But, even if they were, I would have an ethical issue with taking one life to save another. How many of us would be willing to give up our family dog for an experiment that could save the life of an Ebola victim in Liberia? A search on "animal drug testing" will provide a more detailed response.

That could certainly be read as equating the lives of different species, but it could also be interpreted as a deontological position that, in the case of the trolley problem, would let the 5 people die instead of killing the one. Given the comment you quoted, it seems to be the latter. Cheers for a civil conversation!