| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series |
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Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
animal ethics |
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animal experimentation |
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anti-cruelty |
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medical science |
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moral intergrity |
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professional morality |
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reputation |
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smear campaign |
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social history |
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theological distinction |
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utilitarianism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medicine, Experimental -- History.
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Vivisection -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bates, A. W. (Alan W.)
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| ISBN |
1137556978 (electronic bk.) |
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9781137556974 (electronic bk.) |
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