For our children : the ethics of animal experimentation in the age of genetic engineering / Anders Nordgren.
| Uniform Title: | Value inquiry book series ;
v. 215. Value inquiry book series. Values in bioethics. |
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2010.
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| Series: | Value inquiry book series ;
v. 215. Value inquiry book series. Values in bioethics. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 198 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction : animal experimentation, public opinion, and philosophical debate. Animal experimentation ; Genetically modified animals ; Public attitudes toward animal experimentation ; Public attitudes toward genetically modified animals ; The philosophical debate
- Five ethical prototypes of animal experimentation. Human dominion ; Equal consideration of interests ; Animal rights ; Strong human priority ; Weak human priority ; A spectrum of views
- The case for "weak human priority." Legal regulation and the five prototypes ; Ethical theory ; Key metaphors ; Intrinsic and relational properties ; Reason and feelings ; Impartiality and special obligations ; From "is" to "ought" ; Strengths and weaknesses of the five prototypes ; Proposal : weak human priority ; Differences compared to Midgley's version ; Moral imagination and imaginative casuistry ; Moral imagination in animal experimentation
- The scientific value of animal experimentation. Animal experimentation in present-day basic and applied research ; Prototypical cases of scientifically valuable animal experiments ; The Con argument from causal disanalogy ; Objections to the Con argument from causal disanology ; The 3Rs : replacement, reduction, refinement ; Implications of the five prototypes for the 3Rs ; The 3Rs : practical implications
- Animal welfare and ethical balancing. Three animal welfare concerns ; A comprehensive approach ; Conceptual implications ; Ethical implications ; Animal sentience ; Animal welfare in animal experimentation ; Ethical balancing in animal experimentation
- Genetically modified animals in research. Implications of the five prototypes ; Scientific concerns ; Intrinsic ethical concerns ; Animal welfare concerns ; Ethical trade-off : four cases.