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Can we ethically justify harming animals for research? There are several schools of thought

By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University

Although there are rules that govern animal research, they don’t answer one important question: when are the gains from research enough to justify the harms it may inflict?

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