The Ethics of Animal Experimentation: A Critical Analysis and Constructive Chris

The Ethics of Animal Experimentation by Donna Yarri

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Description The ethical treatment of animals has become an issue of serious moral concern. What is the relationship between human and animals? Do animals have moral standing? The use of animals for experimentation raises these and other questions. This work presents an argument, grounded in Christian theology, for restricted animal experimentation.

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The ethical treatment of animals has become an issue of serious moral concern. Many people are challenging long-held assumptions about animals and raising questions about their status and treatment. What is the relationship between humans and animals? Do animals have moral standing? Do we have direct or indirect duties to animals? Does human benefit always outweigh animal suffering? The use of animals for experimentation raises all of these questions in aparticularly insistent way. Donna Yarri gives an overview of the current state of the discussion, and presents an argument for significantly restricted animal experimentation. Pointing to the similaritiesbetween humans and animals, she argues that the actual differences are differences of degree rather than kind. Animal cognition and animal sentiency together are the basis for the claim that experimental animals do have rights. Examining arguments in the disciplines of ethology, philosophy, science, and theology, Yarri makes a case for placing substantial restrictions on animal experimentation. Grounding her examination in Christian theology, she formulates a more humane approach to animalexperimentation. She concludes with a concrete burden-benefit analysis that can serve as the foundation for informed decision-making. The Ethics of Animal Experimentation serves as both a handbook ofanimal rights theory and a practical guide to navigating the complexities of animal experimentation. As animal experimentation features in an increasing number of scientific endeavors, it is an ethical issue that requires our immediate attention. Yarri's unique contribution forges a path toward an ethical practice of animal experimentation.

Author Biography

Donna Yarri is Assistant Professor of Theology at Alvernia College in Reading, Pennsylvania. She received her Ph.D. in Religious Ethics from Southern Methodist University. Her research interests include the ethical treatment of animals, religion and film, and issues of social justice.

Details ISBN 0195181794 ISBN-13 9780195181791 Title The Ethics of Animal Experimentation Author Donna Yarri Format Hardcover Year 2005 Pages 240 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:137023476; About Us

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