The ethical case against animal experiments / edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Linzey, Andrew, editor.

Linzey, Clair, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal experimentation--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal experimentation.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Summary:

"At present, human beings worldwide are using an estimated 115.3 million animals in experiments--a normalization of the unthinkable on an immense scale. In terms of harm, pain, suffering, and death, animal experiments constitute one of the major moral issues of our time. Given today's deeper understanding of animal sentience, the contributors to this volume argue that we must afford animals a special moral consideration that precludes their use in experiments. The Ethical Case against Animal Experiments begins with the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics's groundbreaking and comprehensive ethical critique of the practice of animal experiments. A second section offers original writings that engage with, and elaborate on, aspects of the Oxford Centre report. The essayists explore historical, philosophical, and personal perspectives that range from animal experiments in classical times to the place of necessity in animal research to one researcher's painful journey from researcher to opponent. A devastating look at a contemporary moral crisis, The Ethical Case against Animal Experiments melds logic and compassion to mount a powerful challenge to human cruelty" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Oxford : the home of controversy about animals / Andrew Linzey, Clair Linzey

part 1. Normalizing the unthinkable : the ethics of using animals in research : a report of the working group of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

part 2. Supporting essays. Animal experimentation in classical antiquity / Simon Pulleyn

Gender and the animal experiments controversy in nineteenth century America / Robyn Hederman

Is "necessity" a useful concept in animal research ethics? / John Rossi, Samual A. Garner

Science fiction and science fact : ethics and nonhuman animal experiments / Kay Peggs

Harms versus benefits : a practical critique of utilitarian calculations / Katy D. Taylor

Utilitarian benefit and uncertainty under emergent systems / Robert Patrick Stone Lazo

Do moral principles permit experimenting on nonconsenting beings? / Nedim C. Buyukmihci

Can animal experiments be ethically acceptable when they are not scientifically defensible? / Jarrod Bailey

A Rawlsian case against animal experimentation / Carlos Frederico Ramos de Jesus

Harms of captivity within laboratories and afterward / Elizabeth Tyson

When Harry meets Harry : an ethical assessment of Harry Harlow's maternal deprivation experiments / Kurt Remele.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-252-09992-3

OCLC:

1021174088