Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain : A Social History / by A.W.H. Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bates, A.W.H., Author.

Series:

The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series, 2634-6680

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Great Britain--History.

Great Britain.

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Bioethics.

Sociology.

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Animal Ethics.

Local Subjects:

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Animal Ethics.

Bioethics.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXI, 217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Vivisection, virtue, and the law in the nineteenth century.- Chapter 2. Have animals souls?.- Chapter 3. A new age for a new century

Chapter 4. The National Anti-Vivisection Hospital, 1902–1935.- Chapter 5. The Research Defence Society

Chapter 6. State control, bureaucracy, and the national interest from the Second World War to the 1960s

Conclusion.

Notes:

CC BY

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ISBN:

9781137556974

1137556978

OCLC:

999512353

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access