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Re:Study That Impregnated Male Rats Stirs Controversy by matz1 on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:05AM (#27730184)
Maybe arbitrary is not the accurate term.

I mean if the concern if experiments on live humans then why can't one just specifically address the concern and draw the line ?

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Re:Study That Impregnated Male Rats Stirs Controversy by brigandish on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:26AM (#27730367)
You could but it would indeed be arbitrary.
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Re:Study That Impregnated Male Rats Stirs Controversy by matz1 on Sunday July 04, 2021 @01:34PM (#27731259)
In that case every rule/law is arbitrary.
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Re:Study That Impregnated Male Rats Stirs Controversy by brigandish on Sunday July 04, 2021 @08:31PM (#27733735)
No, because not every rule/law is a case of special pleading.

If you think it's not arbitrary then you are free to make that case, and then I or someone else will point out flaws like the special pleading that is already glaring. Peter Singer's work on speciesism is a good place to find out the obstacles you will have in constructing a non-fallacious, non-arbitrary argument.

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