The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice - Hardcover

Orlans, F. Barbara; Beauchamp, Tom L.; Dresser, Rebecca; Morton, David B.; Gluck, John P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019511907X ISBN 13: 9780195119077

Publisher: OUP USA, 1998

Synopsis

This is the first book of case studies on animal ethics. It deals with important social controversies involving the human use of animals and analyses the moral issues involved. An excellent introduction to ethical theory provides a framework to the 16 original case studies, which include the use of animals in research, testing, and education, as food, as companion animals, and in religious rites.

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Review

'...this book must be essential reading for anyone involved in amking these decisions.' (Paul Townsend Laboratory Animals (1999) 33.)

About the Author

Tom Beauchamp is a Professor and Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. F. Barbara Orlans is a Senior Research Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Rebecca Dresser is Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and Professor of Ethics in Medicine at Washington University. david Morton is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Science and Ethics at The Medical School, University of Birmingham. John Gluck is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019511907X
• ISBN 13: 9780195119077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304