An Ethical Problem
Or, Sidelights Upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals
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Albert Leffingwell examines the moral limits of scientific experiments on people and animals, arguing for oversight, openness and protection from needless suffering. This nonfiction study draws on medical reports, public controversies and the author's experience teaching physiology. His preface distinguishes research carried out without animal pain from practices he believes require reform, and his introduction traces the doubts that changed his own approach to classroom demonstrations.
Chapters consider the history of the debate, regulation in England, the reliability of claims about anaesthesia and the responsibilities of reform societies. In the middle excerpt, Leffingwell compares records of animal experiments and questions whether the evidence supports assurances that pain was prevented. Readers interested in medical ethics can follow a historical dispute over how scientific authority should answer to humane concerns.
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- Author
- Albert Leffingwell
- Reading time
- About 8 hours
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Science
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