| Description |
1 online resource. |
|
text file PDF rda |
| Series |
The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series |
|
Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress. |
| Local Note |
SpringerLink Springer Nature Open Access eBooks |
| Subject |
Vivisection -- Great Britain -- History.
|
|
Medicine, Experimental -- History.
|
|
Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
|
|
Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
|
|
History -- Europe -- Great Britain.
|
|
Medical -- Veterinary Medicine -- General.
|
|
Medical -- Ethics.
|
|
Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
|
|
Ethics & moral philosophy.
|
|
British & Irish history.
|
|
Veterinary medicine.
|
|
Bio-ethics.
|
|
Sociology.
|
|
Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00809169
|
|
Medicine, Experimental. (OCoLC)fst01015244
|
|
Vivisection. (OCoLC)fst01168306
|
|
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
|
| Indexed Term |
animal ethics |
|
social history |
|
anti-cruelty |
|
animal experimentation |
|
medical science |
|
moral intergrity |
|
professional morality |
|
utilitarianism |
|
theological distinction |
|
smear campaign |
|
reputation |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bates, A.W. (Alan W.). Anti-vivisection and the profession of medicine in Britain. London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017] 9781137556967 113755696X (OCoLC)978289923 |
| ISBN |
9781137556974 (electronic book) |
|
1137556978 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4 doi |
|
9781137556967 |
| ISBN |
113755696X |
|
9781137556967 |
|
9781137556967 |
|
113755696X |
|
