Odyssey with Animals, An: A Veterinarian's Reflections on the Animal Rights & Welfare Debate

Veterinarian and sleep researcher Adrian Morrison argues that humane animal use in biomedical research is an indispensable tool of medical science, and that efforts to halt such use constitute a grave threat to human health and wellbeing.

The target of repeated acts of intimidation by anonymous animal rights activists because of his own research, Morrison is himself an animal advocate, and this volume is the culmination of his years spent negotiating the treacherous divide between a legitimate concern for animals and the importance of biomedical research.

Drawing on the disciplines of philosophy, history, biology, and animal behavior, Morrison crafts a multi-faceted argument in favor of using animals humanely in research, the center of which is his staunch belief that human interests must be the primary concern of science and society. Along the way, Morrison delves into other human uses of animals in domains such as agriculture, hunting, and education, examining each use along with its philosophical, moral, and ecological implications. The result is a thought-provoking, intelligent and fair-minded discussion of a charged subject-- of the past and present of animals' relationships with humans, and how and why we should be able to use them as we do.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Morrison, Adrian R.

ISBN:

978-0-19-537444-5

Specialty:

• Medical Law
• Ethics & Other Humanities

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

288

Publication Year:

2009