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Titolo |
The ethics of animal research [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the controversy / / edited by Jeremy R. Garrett |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-30085-0 |
0-262-30160-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Animal experimentation - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Series Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""1 The Ethics of Animal Research: An Overview of the Debate""; ""I Animal Research: Ethical and Scientific Starting Points""; ""2 Ethics and Animal Research""; ""3 The Evolutionary Basis for Animal Research""; ""II Bringing Moral Theory to Bear on Animal Research""; ""4 Defending Animal Research: An International Perspective""; ""5 Animal Experimentation, Marginal Cases, and the Significance of Suffering""; ""6 Lives in the Balance: Utilitarianism andAnimal Research""; ""7 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection"" |
""8 Virtue, Vice, and Vivisection""""9 Contractarianism, Animals, and Risk""; ""III The Ethics of Animal Research in the New Era of Biotechnology""; ""10 Ethical Issues Concerning Transgenic Animals in Biomedical Research""; ""11 Casuistry and the Moral Continuum: valuating Animal Biotechnology""; ""IV Making Progress in the Debate: Alternative Paths Forward""; ""12 Debating the Value of Animal Research""; ""13 The Commonsense Case against Animal Experimentation""; ""14 Rational Engagement, Emotional Response, and the Prospects for Moral Progress in Animal Use “Debates�"" |
""15 Animal Rights Advocacy and Modern Medicine: The Charge of Hypocrisy""""16 We�re All Animals: A Feminist Treatment of the Moral Limits of Nonhuman Animal Research""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume explores the ethical controversies that have arisen over animal research, examining closely the complex scientific |
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philosophical, moral, and legal issues involved. |
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