Humanists use reason, evidence and compassion to make sense of the world, rather than religion. Brighton Humanists hosts presentations and discussions, to which all are welcome.
The Nightingale Room, upstairs at
The Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey Street, Brighton BN1 3PA
Please note the change of day – we are now meeting on a Monday!
Monday 20 October 2025 – “The Future of Science without the use of animal experimentation” Doors open 7:00pm, starts 7:30pm
Speaker: Antonia Gee, Animal Aid activist.
This is a critical topic for Humanist who tend to value scientific research, and also ascribe value to all forms of sentient life; the use of animals for medical research has always been controversial. Humanism tends to attracts scientifically-minded people, so we look forward to hearing your views. Do you disagree, and believe that there are critical circumstances when experiments on animals are justified? To give a recent example of important research on animals, every COVID-19 vaccine licensed for use in the UK—including Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Janssen, Novavax, and Valneva—underwent animal testing during development.
Some of the attendees may argue that experiments are justified if it helps cure human diseases, so could be a great way to discuss animals as commodities and educate them about the progress being made in humane research.
There is also a clear ‘call to action’ in that we can buy cruelty-free products and maybe even get involved with Animal Aid’s campaigns to end animal testing. It’s quite a good time for this as the Government has promised to create a road map to phase out animal testing in the UK, and there are lots of ways that people can help keep the pressure up!
Antonia will be showing a film called the Future of Science as part of the presentation . A worthwhile evening full of controversial debate.
If you have teenage children or grandchildren studying science in Years 10/ 11 – there are most welcome to attend.
Animal Aid is an animal rights organisation that has been around since the seventies:
“Animal Aid is one of the UK’s most established and respected animal rights organisation. We were founded in 1977 with a clear mission: to achieve rights, respect and compassion for all animals. We believe this can be delivered through powerful public engagement, political and legal action, and compassionate education.”
Everyone is welcome, members, friends family and non-members.
£7 entry, payable on the door.
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