The Human Use of Animals Case Studies in Ethical Choice

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

• ISBN13: 9780195119084
• ISBN10: 0195119088
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The first set of case studies on animal use, this volume offers a thorough, up-to-date exploration of the moral issues related to animal welfare. Its main purpose is to examine how far it is ethically justifiable to harm animals in order to benefit mankind. An excellent introduction provides aframework for the cases and sets the background of philosophical and moral concepts underlying the subject.Sixteen original, previously unpublished essays cover controversies associated with the human use of animals in a broad range of contexts, including biomedical, behavioral, and wildlife research, cosmetic safety testing, education, the food industry, commerce, and animal use as pets and in religiouspractices. Scientific research is accorded the closest scrutiny. The authors represent a wide range of expertise within their specialized areas of research--physiology, public policy, ethics, philosophy, law, veterinary science, and psychology. The careful analysis of each case makes it possible toelevate the discourse beyond over-simplified positions, and to demonstrate the complexity of the issues. The Human Use of Animals will be welcomed by students and faculty in law, philosophy, ethics, public policy, religion, medicine, and veterinary medicine. It will also interest activists in theanimal protection movement, and members of animal protection organizations and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees.

Author Biography

F. Barbara Orlans is Senior Research Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

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

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