Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain
In: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series; (2017)
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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 remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.
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Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bates, A.W.H. |
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Quelle: | The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series; (2017) |
Veröffentlichung: | Basingstoke: Springer Nature; Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 |
Medientyp: | E-Book |
ISBN: | 978-1-137-55697-4 (print) ; 1-137-55697-8 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4 |
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