Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain [[electronic resource] ] : A Social History / / by A.W.H. Bates

• Autore: Bates A.W.H
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXI, 217 p.)
• Disciplina: 170
• Soggetto topico: Ethics; Great Britain—History; Animal welfare; Medical ethics; Sociology; Moral Philosophy; History of Britain and Ireland; Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Sociology, general
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Vivisection, virtue, and the law in the nineteenth century.- Chapter 2. Have animals souls?.- Chapter 3. A new age for a new century -- Chapter 4. The National Anti-Vivisection Hospital, 1902–1935.- Chapter 5. The Research Defence Society -- Chapter 6. State control, bureaucracy, and the national interest from the Second World War to the 1960s -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.
• Titolo autorizzato: Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain
• ISBN: 1-137-55697-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910231238003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series, . 2634-6672