The Ethics of Animal Research: Exploring the Controversy - Basic Bioethics (Hardback)
  • The Ethics of Animal Research: Exploring the Controversy - Basic Bioethics (Hardback)
zoom

The Ethics of Animal Research: Exploring the Controversy - Basic Bioethics (Hardback)

(editor)
£37.95
Hardback Published: 17/04/2012

This product is currently unavailable.

  • This item has been added to your basket
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.

Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
ISBN: 9780262017060
Weight: 612 g
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15 mm

You may also be interested in...

Folding for the Synapse
Added to basket
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills
Added to basket
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Added to basket
Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials
Added to basket
Clinical Chemistry
Added to basket
Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction
Added to basket
Getting Started in Health Research
Added to basket
Testing Treatments
Added to basket
£9.99
Paperback
Subjected to Science
Added to basket
Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
Added to basket
The Essential Researcher's Handbook
Added to basket
Differential Diagnosis in Cytopathology with CD-ROM
Added to basket
Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials
Added to basket
Dmt : the Spririt Molecule
Added to basket
£14.99
Paperback

Please sign in to write a review

Your review has been submitted successfully.

env: aptum
branch: