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

Garrett, Jeremy R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262017067 ISBN 13: 9780262017060

Verlag: MIT Press, 2012

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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.

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Jeremy R. Garrett, is a Research Associate at the Children's Mercy Bioethics Center at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri--Kansas City.

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• Verlag: MIT Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0262017067
• ISBN 13: 9780262017060
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
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