Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints 3281163 195209207 2008-03-01T23:09:08Z Rockpocket 732608 {{notability|date=March 2008}} {{notability|date=March 2008}} :''This article is about the second edition of ''Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints''; for the first edition see ''[[Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints (2000)|Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints'' (2000)'']]''; for the third edition see ''[[Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints (2004)|Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints'' (2004)]].'' '''''Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints''''' is a book, in the [[Opposing Viewpoints series]]. It examines the [[Philosophy|philosophical]] and practical issues relevant to [[animal rights]], especially in relation to [[animal experimentation]]: whether animals have rights; if animal experimentation is justified; how it should be conducted; and if scientists should pursue new forms of animal testing. It was edited by [[Helen Cothran]]. It was published by [[Greenhaven Press]] ([[San Diego]]) in [[2002]] as a 202-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-0903-0) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-0902-2). ==Contents== {| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background: #dcdcdc;" !Chapter !Viewpoint !Author !Notes |- | colspan=4 | Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? |- | colspan=4 | Introduction |- | rowspan=8 | '''Chapter 1: Do Animals Have Rights?''' | 1. Animals Have Rights | [[Tom Regan]] | Excerpt from ''[[The Philosophy of Animal Rights]]''. |- || 2. Animals Do Not Have Rights | [[Charles R. Pulver]] | Excerpt from "Will Animals Have Duties As Well As Rights?" |- || 3. Animals Are Equal to Humans | [[Animal Liberation]] | Excerpt from "[http://www.animalliberation.org.au/ethics.php Human and Animal Rights]". |- || 4. Animals Are Not Equal to Humans | [[Damon Linker]] | Reprint of "[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Summaries/V111I4P43-1.htm Rights for Rodents]" in ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]''. |- || 5. Core Teachings of the World's Religions Support Animal Rights | [[Norm Phelps]] | Excerpt from "Why the Animals Need Religion" in ''[[Animals' Agenda]]'', September/October, 1999. |- || 6. The World's Major Religions Support Animal Experimentation | [[Seriously Ill for Medical Research]] | Excerpt from "[http://www.simr.org.uk/pages/religion/index.html The Major Religions on Animals in Medical Research]". |- || 7. Animal Rights Activists Are Terrorists | [[Cal Thomas]] | |- || 8. Animal Rights Activists Are Not Terrorists | [[Jane Cartmill]] | Excerpt from "Animals Are Victims of Violence" |- | rowspan=4 | '''Chapter 2: Is Animal Experimentation Justified?''' | 1. Animal Experimentation Is Unethical | [[Robert Garner]] | Excerpt from "Animal Rights and Wrongs" |- || 2. Animal Experimentation Is Ethical | [[Henry E. Heffner]] | |- || 3. Animal Research Is Vital to Medicine | [[Jack H. Botting]] and [[Adrian R. Morrison]] | |- || 4. Animal Experimentation is Unscientific | [[C. Ray Greek]] and [[Jean Swingle Greek]] | Excerpt from ''[[Sacred Cows and Golden Geese]]: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals''. |- | rowspan=8 | '''Chapter 3: How Should Animal Experimentation Be Conducted?''' | 1. The Animal Research Industry Needs More Oversight | [[In Defense of Animals]] | Reprint of "[http://www.idausa.org/facts/research.html Research Oversight]." |- || 2. Animal Experimentation Is Sufficiently Regulated | [[Delmas Luedke]] | Excerpt from "[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/anml4.shtml Ethics of Using Animals in Research]." |- || 3. Experimenting on Nonhuman Primates Is Vital to Science | [[Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research]] | Excerpt from "[http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/research/pibr/ Primates in Biomedical Research]." |- || 4. Nonhuman Primates Should Not Be Used in Experiments | [[Coalition to End Primate Experimentation]] | Excerpt from "The Argument." |- || 5. Dogs Should Not Be Used for Animal Experimentation | [[Animal Aid]] | Excerpt from "[http://www.animalaid.org.uk/campaign/vivi/betrayed.htm Betrayed: The Silent Suffering of Cats and Dogs]." |- || 6. Experiments on Dogs Have Led to Medical Breakthroughs | [[Foundation for Biomedical Research]] | Excerpt from "[http://web.archive.org/web/20011121080226re_/www.fbresearch.org/dogsf.html Dogs and Research]." |- || 7. Rats and Mice Should Be Included in the Animal Welfare Act | [[F. Barbara Orlans]] | Excerpt from "The Injustice of Excluding Laboratory Rats, Mice, and Birds from the Animal Welfare Act," ''[[Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal]]'', September 2000. |- || 8. Including Mice and Rats in the Animal Welfare Act Would Hinder Research | [[Debra J. Saunders]] | Excerpt from [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0301/saunders030201.asp When Rats Have Rights]." |- | rowspan=6 | '''Chapter 4: Should Scientists Pursue New Forms of Animal Testing?''' | 1. Genetic Engineering Can Cure Human Diseases | [[Kevin O'Donnell]] | Excerpt from "[http://www.simr.org.uk/pages/biotechnology/ Biotechnology and You]." |- || 2. Genetic Engineering Is Dangerous | [[Michael W. Fox]] | Excerpt from "[http://animalsagenda.org/backissues.asp?menu=Subscription&sub=backissues&NewsID=413 Tooling with Mother Nature: The Dangers of Genetic Engineering]." |- || 3. Cloning Harms Animals | [[Andrew Breslin]] | Reprint of "Notes from a Brave New World". |- || 4. Cloning Can Help Humans and Animals | [[Ian Wilmut]], [[Keith Campbell]], and [[Colin Tudge]] | Excerpt from ''[[The Second Creation]]: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control''. |- || 5. Using Animals as Organ Donors will Save Human Lives | [[Susan E. Paris]] | Excerpt from "Animals to Human Transplants Are Vital." |- || 6. Using Animals as Organ Donors Puts Human Lives at Risk | [[Jonathan Hughes]] | Excerpt from "Exnografting: Ethical Issues." |- | colspan=4 | For Further Discussion |- | colspan=4 | Organizations to Contact |- | colspan=4 | Bibliography of Books |- | colspan=4 | Index |- |} [[Category:2002 books]] [[Category:Current affairs books]] [[Category:Books about animal rights]] [[Category:Books in the Opposing Viewpoints series]] {{nonfiction-book-stub}}