John Cowper Powys’ unanswerable argument against vivisection

    Of all arguments against vivisection, John Cowper Powys’ argument ranks high in force:

The word “science” covers every kind of atrocity; and the issue is perfectly clear. My opposition to vivisection, particularly to the vivisection of dogs, is based upon an argument that is unanswerable. This wickedness contradicts and cancels the one single advantage that our race has got from what is called evolution, namely the development of our sense of right and wrong. (Quoted in The Life of the Creative Spirit, p. 322.)
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