Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social History

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A.W.H. Bates [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics SeriesPublisher: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017Description: 1 Online-Ressource (217 p.)ISBN:

9781137556974
9781137556967

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Summary: 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 progressPPN: PPN: 1778576214Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB

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