Human Use of Animals Case Studies in Ethical Choice

Name: Human Use of Animals Case Studies in Ethical Choice
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ISBN: 9780195119077

ISBN-10: 019511907X

ISBN-13: 9780195119077

Edition: 1998

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

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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.

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/29/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Dresser is the Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and Professor of Ethics in Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis




Introduction



Moral Issues about Animals



Biomedical Research



Baboon-Human Liver Transplants: The Pittsburgh Case



Head Injury Experiments on Primates at the University of Pennsylvania



Patenting Animals: The Harvard ""Oncomouse""



What Does the Public Have a Right to Know?



Cosmetic Safety Testing



Beauty Without the Beast



Behavioral Research



Apes and Language: Washoe and Her Successors



Can Animal Aggression Be Studied in an Ethical Manner?



Monkeys Without Mothers



Wildlife Research



The Death of a Vagrant Bird



Education



Dissection of Frogs: The Jenifer Graham Case



Food and Farming



Force-Feeding of Geese



Veal Crates and Human Palates



Fowl Deeds



Companion Animals



Should the Tail Wag the Dog?



Where Should Research Scientists Get Their Dogs?



Animal Sacrifice as Religious Ritual: The Santeria Case