Wouldn't it be nice to have more Little Alberts?

I'm sure that Little Albert (as opposed to the fat one) was a cute kid in the lab. I can picture him looking around with wide eyes at the strangers surrounding him, searching for his mom's hand and instead finding Watson's. The look of assurance that Little Albert's mother, telling him to go along with the nice scientist, must have given Little Albert the courage to go along with Watson. Courage that he would need soon against what was to become a fearsome, furry rabbit. From this experiment the world learned about generalization, an important psychological rule.

There has been an ongoing debate about the usage of stem cells in health research. The argument goes that using them will lead to donations of eggs, specifically embryonic cells. With those cells, opponents say that scientists will basically just be raising a baby in a tube and then killing it. Advocates of the research claim that the research will lead to monumental discoveries for the health of human kind. They say that saving the lives of millions, perhaps even billions, at the cost of an egg that would anyway not be used is worth it.

Ethical debates abound in the field of science regarding the testing of lives subjects, be it human or animal. I think that, assuming the person is not drastically, physically harmed, the study should be allowed to be conducted. The advancement of the human race, and the helping of millions, should not be given up at the cost of one subject.

Furthermore, if animals are grown for the purpose of being tested, then there should be no problem using them. Their only purpose in life is to be used to further the scientific field. They would not be alive if they could not be used.