Jeff: Proposed regulations concerning the use of animals in scientific experimentation would prohibit experimentation on those species that humans empathize with: dogs and horses, for example  But extensive neurological research on mammals shows that they are all capable of feeling pain, just as dogs and horses are  Hence, this proposal should be extended to all experimentation on all mammals  Miranda: Yet the issue of pain is not the crux of the matter  Experimentation on any nonhuman animal undermines respect for life itself because only humans are capable of consenting to an experiment
Since any activity that undermines respect for life diminishes the quality of all of our lives, the new regulations should ban all such experimentation
Scientific experimentation should be prohibited on any creature that is capable of feeling pain.