A5: Acceptable when only way to reduce or prevent human suffering

It is sometimes acceptable to do things to monkeys that we would not be prepared to do to humans, when this is the only way to reduce or prevent human suffering (e.g., when developing and testing new medicines).

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A5: Acceptable when only way to reduce or prevent human suffering
A1: Humans matter more (to humans) than monkeys do
A3: Significant differences justify treating monkeys differently
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