Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain (eBook)

A Social History

A.W.H. Bates (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XXI, 217 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-55697-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remainobjective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.

Autor

A.W.H. Bates is a Coroner’s Pathologist, Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London, and Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. His other books include Emblematic Monsters (2005) and The Anatomy of Robert Knox (2010).

Inhalt

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Vivisection, virtue, and the law in the nineteenth century.- Chapter 2. Have animals souls?.- Chapter 3. A new age for a new century.- Chapter 4. The National Anti-Vivisection Hospital, 1902–1935.- Chapter 5. The Research Defence Society.- Chapter 6. State control, bureaucracy, and the national interest from the Second World War to the 1960s.- Conclusion.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2017
• Reihe/Serie: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Schlagworte: Animal ethics • animal experimentation • anti-cruelty • Medical Science • moral integrity • moral intergrity • open access • Professional morality • Reputation • smear campaign • Social History • theological distinction • Utilitarianism
• ISBN-10: 1-137-55697-8 / 1137556978
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-55697-4 / 9781137556974