Rebecca L. (Professor of Philosophy and Professor Social Medicine, Professor of Philosophy and Professor Social Medicine
The ethics of research on animals has historically been viewed through the lens of cost vs benefit, and whether animals have rights. Is the suffering that might be experienced by animals-and the violation of their rights, if they are seen to have any-worth the gain in scientific knowledge? Many experiments that have caused great animal suffering were ethically justified in this way. Rebecca Walker here argues against this paradigm, and advocates instead for a virtue ethics approach. She argues that what is missing from the traditional approach to animal research are issues of character,...
The ethics of research on animals has historically been viewed through the lens of cost vs benefit, and whether animals have rights. Is the suffering ...
