Animal Experimentation: A Guide to the Issues

Non-intimidating, readily understood, balanced introduction to the principal ethical arguments in the animal experimentation debate.

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Monamy (Australian Catholic University) introduces life science students to the major issues that constitute modern debate about animal experimentation, providing a balanced treatment of ethics, law and regulation, history, opposition and alternatives related to animal-based research. The origins of western vivisection are traced, some of the advances in human welfare made possible by experiments on animals are described, and the principal moral objections are reviewed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)