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

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195119088 ISBN 13: 9780195119084

Publisher: Oxford University Press 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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About the Author

F. Barbara Orlans, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Tom L. Beauchamp, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Rebecca Dresser, J.D., holds a joint appointment as Professor in the School of Law and the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. David B. Morton, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., M.R.C.V.S., is Professor of Biomedical Science and Biomedical Ethics at the University of Birmingham, England. John P. Gluck, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195119088
• ISBN 13: 9780195119084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352