Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain : A Social History - The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781137556967 |
Publisher: | Wellcome Trust |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pub date: | 03 Aug 2017 |
DEWEY: | 179.4 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | xv, 217 |
Weight: | 420g |
Height: | 156mm |
Width: | 219mm |
Spine width: | 23mm |