For this Assignment you may choose Option A or Option B Opti

For this Assignment, you may choose Option A or Option B.

Option A:

Consider the following scenario:

A cosmetic company uses rabbits to test the irritancy levels of its products eyes for the purposes of making nonirritating cosmetics for women who will use such products. Large doses are injected into eyes and the test is painful.

In one paragraph, answer the following:

Is such testing ethical?

Using ethical theory, explain why you feel the use of animal testing for cosmetics is ethical or not. Also using ethical theory, explain the reasoning for the opposing position and why it is incorrect.

Option B:

The increased demand of palm oils in prepared foods has encouraged the mass destruction of rainforest in Indonesia for the purpose of planting palm tree plantations. The loss of rainforest threatens the ecosystem and many animal species.

In one paragraph, answer the following:

Should a consumer avoid purchasing products made with palm oil?

Using ethical theory, explain why you feel the use of palm oil is ethical or not. Also using ethical theory, explain the reasoning for the opposing position and why it is incorrect.

Solution

Option A : According to ethical theory the use of animal testing is not ethical but as a researcher it is good because we cant not do such experiments on human. There are so many side effects and it may harm human generation but it is easy to do such experiments on animals for human sake. All we can do to give anesthesia which reduses the pain. But if it terminate those species or it cause their extinction it is not good and we have to oppose such type of experiments.

Option B : There are so many species which are very useful for the ecosystem but due to palm oil tree plantation such species are now at the risk of their extiction and also reduction level of rain.All such things are not good for human life. Hence we as a consumer not to use palm oil because it harm our climate.