Animal experimentation : a guide to the issues / Vaughan Monamy.

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Main Author: Monamy, Vaughan, 1958- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Animal experimentation.
Laboratory animals.
Physical Description:xii, 126 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Issues in animal experimentation
  • Aims
  • Definitions
  • Scope
  • 2. A history of animal experimentation
  • The origins of vivisection in Europe
  • Prevailing humanist attitudes to animals
  • The rise of modern biomedical studies
  • 3. Opposition to animal experimentation
  • Introduction
  • Early opposition
  • Utilitarianism and the rise of popular concern
  • Revolution during the nineteenth century
  • Beyond Britain : opposition in the USA into the twentieth century
  • 4. The moral status of animals
  • On the moral status of animals
  • Moral arguments based on reason
  • Ethics ; room for emotion?
  • Moral stewardship
  • Summary
  • 5. Animal use
  • How are animals used?
  • Fundamental and applied biological research
  • Genetic alteration
  • Behavioural [behavioral] research
  • Education and training
  • Production of useful biological and therapeutic materials
  • Product testing
  • 6. The regulation of experiments
  • Laws governing humane use of laboratory animals
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia and New Zealand
  • United States of America
  • 7. Seeking alternatives
  • Introduction
  • Replacement, reduction and refinement
  • Alternatives to non-human vertebrates in scientific research
  • 8. A future without animal experimentation?
  • The construction of modern research institution
  • Absolute replacement or relative replacement?
  • Conclusion
  • Ethical guidelines for students in laboratory classes involving the use of animal tissues.