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by matz1 1817 days ago
Maybe arbitrary is not the accurate term.

I mean if the concern if experiments on live humans then why can't one just specifically address the concern and draw the line ?

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You could but it would indeed be arbitrary.
In that case every rule/law is arbitrary.
No, because not every rule/law is a case of special pleading.

If you think it's not arbitrary then you are free to make that case, and then I or someone else will point out flaws like the special pleading that is already glaring. Peter Singer's work on speciesism is a good place to find out the obstacles you will have in constructing a non-fallacious, non-arbitrary argument.