Carl: Researchers who perform operations on animals for experimental purposes are legally required to complete detailed pain protocols indicating whether the animals will be at risk of pain and, if so, what steps will be taken to minimize or alleviate it. ███ ████ █████ ██████ ███████ ███████████ ████ █████████ ███ █████ █████████ ██ █████████ ████ ██ █████████ █████ █████ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ████████ █████ █████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ █████ ██████ ████
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Debbie concludes that pain protocols are unnecessary for humans. Her claim is based on the premise that humans are able to communicate directly with doctors about the pain they will experience from an operation, and decide from there whether they will go through with the process.
Debbie's reasoning isn't aimed directly at Carl's conclusion, which is a hypothetical statement: if lawmakers were as concerned about human beings as they are about animals, there would be pain protocols for humans too. Debbie doeesn't say anything about lawmakers' level of concern for humans versus animals. Instead, she seeks to undermine the support Carl provides for his conclusion by questioning the parallel he draws between experiments on animals and operations on humans. She does this by pointing out a crucial difference between human beings and animals: human beings are capable of communicating and deciding for themselves whether to undergo pain, whereas animals are not.
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