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To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "All that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people
To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "All that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people
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2017-07-31
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To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "All that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing." One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.
For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals — no meat, no far, no medicines. Asked if she opposed immunizations, she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research. When assured that they do, she replied, "Then I would have to say yes." Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, "Don’t worry, scientists will find some way of using computers." Such well-meaning people just don’t understand.
Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way — in human terms, not in the language of molecular biology. We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother’s hip replacement, a father’s bypass operation, a baby’s vaccinations, and even a pet’s shots. To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst.
Much can be done. Scientists could "adopt" middle school classes and present their own research. They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth. Research institutions could be opened to tours, to show that laboratory animals receive humane care. Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment. If good people do nothing there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.
From the text we learn that Stephen Cooper is______.
选项
A、a well-known humanist
B、a medical practitioner
C、an enthusiast in animal rights
D、a supporter of animal research
答案
D
解析
本题可参照文章的第4段。从中可知,科学家应尽快答复读者的来信,以免动物权利组织的错误信息没有受到质疑,使人们误将其当作真理;研究机构也应该向游客开放,以表明实验室的动物受到了人道的对待;最后,因为最有利害关系者是病人,所以,医学研究界不仅要邀请像Stephen Cooper那样的知名人士来支持自己的事业,他已经勇敢地声明动物研究的价值,还要邀请所有接受过医疗的人来支持自己;如果好人再不采取行动,不明就里的公众真可能会扑灭医疗发展的宝贵火种。据此可知,Stephen Cooper敢于对动物研究的价值发表无所畏惧的言论,说明他支持动物研究。D项与文章意思相符,因此D项为正确答案。
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