The Ethics of Animal Research: Exploring the Controversy Book

Series Foreword vii

Acknowledgments ix

List of Contributors xi

1 The Ethics of Animal Research: An Overview of the Debate Jeremy R. Garrett 1

I Animal Research: Ethical and Scientific Starting Points 17

2 Ethics and Animal Research Bernard E. Rollin 19

3 The Evolutionary Basis for Animal Research Stephen P. Schiffer 31

II Bringing Moral Theory to Bear on Animal Research 51

4 Defending Animal Research: An International Perspective Baruch A. Brody 53

5 Animal Experimentation, Marginal Cases, and the Significance of Suffering Alastair Norcross 67

6 Lives in the Balance: Utilitarianism and Animal Research Robert Bass 81

7 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection Tom Regan 107

8 Virtue, Vice, and Vivisection Garret Merriam 125

9 Contractarianism, Animals, and Risk Mark Rowlands 147

III The Ethics of Animal Research in the New Era of Biotechnology 167

10 Ethical Issues Concerning Transgenic Animals in Biomedical Research David B. Resnik 169

11 Casuistry and the Moral Continuum: Evaluating Animal Biotechnology Autumn Fiester 181

IV Making Progress in the Debate: Alternative Paths Forward 195

12 Debating the Value of Animal Research Andrew Rowan 197

13 The Commonsense Case against Animal Experimentation Mylan Engel Jr. 215

14 Rational Engagement, Emotional Response, and the Prospects for Moral Progress in Animal Use "Debates" Nathan Nobis 237

15 Animal Rights Advocacy and Modern Medicine: The Charge of Hypocrisy Tom Regan 267

16 We're All Animals: A Feminist Treatment of the Moral Limits of Nonhuman Animal Research Christina M. Bellon 293

Index 327