Under What Conditions Might Singer Think That the Human Use

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Essay

Under what conditions might Singer think that the human use of nonhuman animals for scientific experimentation might be morally justified? Identify a type of experiment on animals that would not violate the principle of equality and compare that hypothetical experiment to the experiments he describes.

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