Applied Ethics in Animal Research: Philosophy, Regulation, and Laboratory Regulations

by Tony DiPasquale, John P. Gluck, F. Barbara Orlans (Editor)

Overview

This volume is a collection of chapters all contributed by individuals who have presented their ideas at conferences and who take moderate stands with the use of animals in research. Specifically, the chapters discuss issues of: notions of the moral standings of animals, history of the methods of argumentation, knowledge of the animal mind, nature and value of regulatory structures, and how respect for animals can be converted from theory to action in the laboratory. The chapters have been tempered by open discussion with individuals with different opinions and not audiences of true believers. It is the hope of all, that careful consideration of the positions in these chapters will leave reader with a deepened understanding—not necessarily a hardened position.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557531377
Publisher:	Purdue University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Series:	New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Gluck Degree received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests are clinical psychology and general experimental psychology. The primary focus of his research is in the general area of bioethics, particularly professional clinical conduct and the ethics of human and animal research.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction, by John P. Gluck and Tony DiPasquale
Ethics, Animals, and Scientific Inquiry, by R. G. Frey
Can They Reason? Can They Talk? Can We Do without Moral Price Tags in Animal Ethics?, by Nikola Biller-Andorno
The Rhetorics of Animal Rights, by Anita Guerrini
Cognitive Ethology, Deep Ethology, and the Great Ape/Animal Project: Expanding the Community of Equals, by Marc Bekoff
Ethics, Animal Welfare, and ACUCs, by Bernard E. Rollin
Ethical Themes of National Regulations Governing Animal Experiments: An International Perspective, by F. Barbara Orlans
The Importance of Nonstatistical Experimental Design in Refining Animal Experiments for Scientists, IACUCs, and Other Ethical Review Panels, by David B. Morton
The Editors
Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

Seven essays, developed from presentations in the series of conferences organized over several years by Barbara Orlans, consider issues of what is called the Troubled Middle—between the idea that research animals are just supplies like glassware, and the idea that no life should be sacrificed for another. Scientists and ethicists strive to avoid sheer rhetoric and attempts to manipulate as they look at philosophy, statutory regulation, and laboratory application of ethics Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)