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[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

sandgrubber

I guess it depends on how ethical gets defined. It can be very subjective.

Perfectly honorable people used to think it was fine to dissect animals while still alive. Some people at the time where horrified but by the standards of the day it was fine with most people - they thought humans were the only creatures with feelings.

More recently - you can no longer use marshmellows or sweets as rewards or temptations in studies on child (and adult) psychology. Once was ethical - now is not.

At one time - it was considered a good thing to take new born babies away from single mothers and give them to families (with a male and female parent). Now - not considered so good. So you can't even tell by a person's motivation whether it's an ethical thing.

And I agree - sometimes people need to swim against the majority tide to make progress. And sometimes it's hard to tell those good guys from the bad guys also swimming against the tide but with different motives.

Edited October 23, 2011 by Mrs Rusty Bucket

[Stolzseinrotts]

A big thank you to all that replied.

It has been an interesting read, and I get that we all have our own guidelines when it comes to ethics and our dogs and what we as an individual expect or will accept.

Again thank you!