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[kolinko]

> But it doesn't justify or make better that it's still an awful thing to do to an animal and for the animal I think.

Utilitarian vs deontology ethics.

Most people believe that it's better for one pig to suffer than for thousands of people to die.

Even the strictest of vegans I know do not oppose animal testing in medicine if it is done to save human suffering.