Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain : A Social History Hardback
by A.W.H. Bates
Part of the The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series series
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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 remainobjective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:217 pages, XXI, 217 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:03/08/2017
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- ISBN:9781137556967
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:217 pages, XXI, 217 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:03/08/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781137556967
