PROS AND CONS OF DISSECTION
What is dissection? For some the procedure has solved some of the mysteries of life, for others it was simply disgusting and cruel. But by definition, dissection is the observing or cutting into a dead animal for the purposes of learning anatomy or physiology. There are also many other questions that students and others may have about dissection. There are many arguments as to whether it is necessary for education or inhumane and this act should stop completely. Through my research I have found that it is both necessary and it can be inhumane. However an alternative should always be available for the student unwilling to dissect and at no expense to their grade.
Many advances in medicine and in the understanding of how organisms function have been the direct result of animal dissection. But then you have animal cruelty on the other side. Then again we are dissecting a dead animal. It’s all a matter of believing what is right.