For our children : the ethics of animal experimentation in the age of genetic engineering /

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Author / Creator:Nordgren, Anders.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.
Description:viii, 198 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; v. 215. Values in bioethics
Value inquiry book series. Values in bioethics.
Value inquiry book series ; v. 215.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8263940
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ISBN:9789042028043 (pbk.)
9042028041 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-193) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : animal experimentation, public opinion, and philosophical debate. Animal experimentation ; Genetically modified animals ; Public attitudes toward animal experimentation ; Public attitudes toward genetically modified animals ; The philosophical debate
  • Five ethical prototypes of animal experimentation. Human dominion ; Equal consideration of interests ; Animal rights ; Strong human priority ; Weak human priority ; A spectrum of views
  • The case for "weak human priority." Legal regulation and the five prototypes ; Ethical theory ; Key metaphors ; Intrinsic and relational properties ; Reason and feelings ; Impartiality and special obligations ; From "is" to "ought" ; Strengths and weaknesses of the five prototypes ; Proposal : weak human priority ; Differences compared to Midgley's version ; Moral imagination and imaginative casuistry ; Moral imagination in animal experimentation
  • The scientific value of animal experimentation. Animal experimentation in present-day basic and applied research ; Prototypical cases of scientifically valuable animal experiments ; The Con argument from causal disanalogy ; Objections to the Con argument from causal disanology ; The 3Rs : replacement, reduction, refinement ; Implications of the five prototypes for the 3Rs ; The 3Rs : practical implications
  • Animal welfare and ethical balancing. Three animal welfare concerns ; A comprehensive approach ; Conceptual implications ; Ethical implications ; Animal sentience ; Animal welfare in animal experimentation ; Ethical balancing in animal experimentation
  • Genetically modified animals in research. Implications of the five prototypes ; Scientific concerns ; Intrinsic ethical concerns ; Animal welfare concerns ; Ethical trade-off : four cases.