In my
issues paper, I am going to be addressing animal testing and the arguments of
whether or not animal testing is a good or a bad thing. I am researching and
expanding on how it all started and how it came to be so successful in medical
technology. I am also referring to the moral standards of animal
experimentation and provide different perspectives of it being unethical or
ethical. The answers I plan on answering in my issues paper are: why animals
are being tested, what specific animals are being tested and how many animals
are being tested, and are there any alternatives to animal testing?
I will
narrow my topic by talking more about the effects and pain it is causing the
animals and talking about animal rights. As of right now, I cannot agree
whether or not animal testing is a bad or a good thing because they both have
positive and negative outcomes. For instance, I believe animal testing is
unethical and cruel to animals, but without animal testing there would not be
the great advances in medicine. Over the counter medicine, prescribed medicine,
vaccines, and research are all good causes for animal testing, but for cosmetics
and toiletries I believe there can be an alternative to using animal testing
for these causes.
I think
my target audience would be those how care about making a change and are
interested in animal testing and especially come out to those who are not aware
of the story behind beauty products and toiletries. I will develop my argument by
using the process of stasis: stating the facts about animal testing, the quality
of the issue, and a plan of how it can be decreased. I am planning to
incorporate my counterarguments towards the middle when I am explaining the
quality of the issue or meaning of the issue.
As
of right now, I feel like I need to find more sources specifically on how animal
testing is used on cosmetics. Along with finding specific sources on what I want
to talk about, I am having difficulty on setting a specific argument if whether
I am for or against animal testing completely. I also need to improve on
organizing my topic and subcategorizing on what I want to argue in my issues
paper and I still need to do more research on the statistics of animal testing
and facts about animal testing.
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