The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice

By Tom L. Beauchamp, F. Barbara Orlans, Rebecca Dresser

Book Overview

The first edition of The Human Use of Animals offered the first set of case studies on animal use through sixteen original, previously unpublished essays. Whereas the first edition strongly emphasized research issues, the second edition now adds material on conversation concerns and the use of animals in entertainment, specifically cases on endangered species, zoos, circuses, and 'sport' fighting. As with the first edition, the cases are presented in an objective and balanced way that will spark reasoned debate about moral issues. Extensively revised and updated, the second edition maintains a commitment to a discussion of ethical reflection and analysis concerning human interactions with animals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195340191
• ISBN13: 9780195340198
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

RIGHT ON!!!There's NO excuse for animal abuse!!!

This book was Great! everyone should read it

A SOUND ETHICAL TREATMENT OF THE ANIMAL DEBATE

Orlans et al have made a novel and invaluable contribution to the ethical debate concerning "The Human Use of Animals". As a biomedical researcher of fifteen years , I appreciated the frank objectivity that the authors brought to such morally complicated issues as animal experimentation, modern animal farming practices, and religious sacrifice. Each of the case studies presented invokes considerable soul searching and further challenges the reader to question whether we as humans are doing enough to meet our moral obligations to nonhuman animals. These moral obligations, highlighted in the various case studies, are not derived from any legalistic or heady philosophical meanderings but rather stem from an intrinsic sense of right and wrong. The case studies presented in this and hopefully future volumes of "The Human Use of Animals" should become required reading in biomedical ethics curricula.