| Title |
The Regulation of Animal Research and the Emergence of Animal Ethics: A Conceptual History
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, August 2006
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11017-006-9007-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bernard E. Rollin |
| Abstract |
The history of the regulation of animal research is essentially the history of the emergence of meaningful social ethics for animals in society. Initially, animal ethics concerned itself solely with cruelty, but this was seen as inadequate to late 20(th)-century concerns about animal use. The new social ethic for animals was quite different, and its conceptual bases are explored in this paper. The Animal Welfare Act of 1966 represented a very minimal and in many ways incoherent attempt to regulate animal research, and is far from morally adequate. The 1985 amendments did much to render coherent the ethic for laboratory animals, but these standards were still inadequate in many ways, as enumerated here. The philosophy underlying these laws is explained, their main provisions are explored, and future directions that could move the ethic forward and further rationalize the laws are sketched. |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
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| Brazil | 4 | 2% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 231 | 95% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 14% |
| Researcher | 19 | 8% |
| Professor | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 46 | 19% |
| Unknown | 45 | 19% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 57 | 23% |
| Psychology | 22 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 8% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 17 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 62 | 26% |
| Unknown | 52 | 21% |
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