Animal ethos : the morality of human-animal encounters in experimental lab science /

Animal ethos : the morality of human-animal encounters in experimental lab science /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sharp, Lesley Alexandra, author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Laboratory animals -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects. Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects. Animals, Laboratory. Animal Welfare -- ethics. Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects. Laboratory animals -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12542421

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ISBN:	0520971051 9780520971059 9780520299245
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2018).
Summary:	GIVEN BY JUNIATA COLLEGE IN MEMORY OF FRONIE LOUISE CERTAIN FANNING - "What are the moral challenges and consequences of animal research in academic laboratory settings? Animal Ethos considers how the inescapable needs of lab research necessitate interspecies encounters that, in turn, engender unexpected moral responses among a range of associated personnel. Whereas much has been written about codified, bioethical rules and regulations that inform proper lab behavior and decorum, Animal Ethos, as an in-depth, ethnographic project, probes the equally rich--yet poorly understood--realm of ordinary or everyday morality, where serendipitous, creative, and unorthodox thought and action evidence concerted efforts to transform animal laboratories into moral, scientific worlds. The work is grounded in efforts to integrate theory within medical anthropology (and, more particularly, on suffering and moral worth), animal studies, and science and technology studies (STS). Contrary to established scholarship that focuses exclusively on single professions (such as the researcher or technician), Animal Ethos tracks across the spectrum of the lab labor hierarchy by considering the experiences of researchers, animal technicians, and lab veterinarians. In turn, it offers comparative insights on animal activists. When taken together, this range of parties illuminates the moral complexities of experimental lab research. The affective qualities of interspecies intimacy, animal death, and species preference are of special analytical concern, as reflected in the themes of 'Intimacy, ' 'Sacrifice, ' and 'Exceptionalism' that anchor this work"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra. Animal ethos. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520299245

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Summary:	What kinds of moral challenges arise from encounters between species in laboratory science? Animal Ethos draws on ethnographic engagement with academic labs in which experimental research involving nonhuman species provokes difficult questions involving life and death, scientific progress, and other competing quandaries. Whereas much has been written on core bioethical values that inform regulated behavior in labs, Lesley A. Sharp reveals the importance of attending to lab personnel's quotidian and unscripted responses to animals. Animal Ethos exposes the rich--yet poorly understood--moral dimensions of daily lab life, where serendipitous, creative, and unorthodox responses are evidence of concerted efforts by researchers, animal technicians, veterinarians, and animal activists to transform animal laboratories into moral scientific worlds.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0520971051 9780520971059 9780520299245