Admittedly it is a bit silly and we are anthropomorphizing them a bit, but it’s helps keep us from being monsters in how we treat the animals, which in turn helps people sleep at night.
That is assuming people take it a little seriously and not just use the term as an excuse to justify being cold and ruthless in how we work with animals.
Admittedly it is a bit silly and we are anthropomorphizing them a bit, but it’s helps keep us from being monsters in how we treat the animals, which in turn helps people sleep at night.
That is assuming people take it a little seriously and not just use the term as an excuse to justify being cold and ruthless in how we work with animals.
I don’t think that’s anthropomorphizing, just an awareness that animals are being literally killed for the research and being respectful of it
Well, they are not choosing to be sacrificed - its not like they are making a noble decision to be sacrificed. I guess that is what I meant by that.