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Animals serve as models for human disease testing, drug development, and toxicity screening.
Pioneered by philosophers such as Tom Regan and Peter Singer (though Singer is a utilitarian, his work in Animal Liberation is foundational), this perspective posits that animals are "subjects-of-a-life." If an animal has interests (such as an interest in not suffering or not dying), those interests must be given equal consideration.
If you are a consumer, understanding this distinction changes your worldview: