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约翰·D·洛克菲勒《洛克菲勒回忆录》· Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · 领导

There has been a good deal of criticism, no doubt sincere, of experiments on living dumb animals, and the person who stands for the defenceless animal has such an overwhelming appeal to the emotions that it is perhaps useless to allude to the other side of the controversy. Dr. Simon Flexner, of the Institute for Medical Research, has had to face exaggerated and even sensational reports, which have no basis of truth whatever. But consider for a moment what has been accomplished recently, under the direction of Dr. Flexner in discovering a remedy for epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis. It is true that in discovering this cure the lives of perhaps fifteen animals were sacrificed, as I learn, most of them monkeys; but for each one of these animals which lost its life, already scores of human lives have been saved. Large-hearted men like Dr. Flexner and his associates do not permit unnecessary pain to defenceless animals.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17090
定位:Additional excerpt 213 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

关于用活体动物做实验,一直有很多批评,这些批评无疑是真诚的。保护无助动物的人,其情感诉求如此强烈,以至于谈论争议的另一面可能毫无用处。但洛克菲勒指出,西蒙·弗莱克斯纳博士在发现流行性脑脊髓膜炎疗法时,牺牲了大约十五只动物,大多是猴子,但每只动物换来了数十人的生命。像弗莱克斯纳这样心地宽厚的人,不会让动物遭受不必要的痛苦。因此,在动物实验的争论中,需要权衡利弊,而不是被单一情感左右。

上下文

洛克菲勒在回忆录中为动物实验辩护,以弗莱克斯纳博士的研究为例。

今日一问

面对动物实验的伦理争议,你认为应该如何平衡动物福利与人类健康需求?

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