Palgrave Macmillan (publishers) have announced the release of two
further studies in partnership with the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.
In The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments, bio-ethicist and
veterinarian Andrew Knight examines the utilitarian ethics of animal
experimentation, providing unprecedented insights into the contributions
of animal experimentation to human healthcare, and the extent to which
laboratory animals suffer. "When considering costs and benefits
overall�, he states, �one cannot reasonably conclude that the benefits
accruing to human patients or consumers, or to those motivated by
scientific curiosity or profit, exceed the costs incurred by animals
subjected to scientific procedures. On the contrary, the evidence
indicates that actual human benefit is rarely � if ever � sufficient to
justify such costs.�
In Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction, Dr Thomas Ryan, a
practicing social worker, will argue that since the early twentieth
century the discipline of social work has demonstrated a thoroughgoing
moral indifference to the needs and well being of our fellow animals.
His upcoming book will focus on the key question - is this indifference
morally justifiable?.
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