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An estimated 100 million nonhuman vertebrates worldwide--including primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, birds, rats, and mice--are bred, captured, or otherwise acquired every year for research purposes. Much of this research is seriously detrimental to the welfare of these animals, causing pain, distress, injury, or death. This book explores the ethical controversies that have arisen over animal research, examining closely the complex scientific, philosophical, moral, and legal issues involved. Defenders of animal research face a twofold challenge: they must make a compelling case for the unique benefits offered by animal research; and they must provide a rationale for why these benefits justify treating animal subjects in ways that would be unacceptable for human subjects. This challenge is at the heart of the book. Some contributors argue that it can be met fairly easily; others argue that it can never be met; still others argue that it can sometimes be met, although not necessarily easily. Their essays consider how moral theory can be brought to bear on the practical ethical questions raised by animal research, examine the new challenges raised by the emerging possibilities of biotechnology, and consider how to achieve a more productive dialogue on this polarizing subject. The book's careful blending of theoretical and practical considerations and its balanced arguments make it valuable for instructors as well as for scholars and practitioners.
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- Series: Basic Bioethics
- Paperback: 356 pages
- Publisher: The MIT Press; 1 edition (March 30, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262516918
- ISBN-13: 978-0262516914
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The ethics chapters by philosophers are very good and show why animal experimentation is a serious moral issue. Compelling arguments are made that what we do to animals in laboratories is a grave wrong and should mostly cease. In contrast, the chapters by scientists and some bioethicists largely seem to sidestep the ethical questions or treat them in a very naive way, justifying current practices by crude cost/benefit calculations or, in the case of the paper by Stephen Schiffer, by an appeal to evolution.
By Rob Buttrose
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