Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints
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:''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==
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!Viewpoint
!Author
!Notes
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| colspan=4 | Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
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| colspan=4 | Introduction
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| rowspan=8 | '''Chapter 1: Do Animals Have Rights?'''
| 1. Animals Have Rights
| [[Tom Regan]]
| Excerpt from ''[[The Philosophy of Animal Rights]]''.
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|| 2. Animals Do Not Have Rights
| [[Charles R. Pulver]]
| Excerpt from "Will Animals Have Duties As Well As Rights?"
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|| 3. Animals Are Equal to Humans
| [[Animal Liberation]]
| Excerpt from "[http://www.animalliberation.org.au/ethics.php Human and Animal Rights]".
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|| 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]]''.
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|| 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.
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|| 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]".
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|| 7. Animal Rights Activists Are Terrorists
| [[Cal Thomas]]
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|| 8. Animal Rights Activists Are Not Terrorists
| [[Jane Cartmill]]
| Excerpt from "Animals Are Victims of Violence"
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| rowspan=4 | '''Chapter 2: Is Animal Experimentation Justified?'''
| 1. Animal Experimentation Is Unethical
| [[Robert Garner]]
| Excerpt from "Animal Rights and Wrongs"
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|| 2. Animal Experimentation Is Ethical
| [[Henry E. Heffner]]
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|| 3. Animal Research Is Vital to Medicine
| [[Jack H. Botting]] and [[Adrian R. Morrison]]
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|| 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''.
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| 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]."
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|| 2. Animal Experimentation Is Sufficiently Regulated
| [[Delmas Luedke]]
| Excerpt from "[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/anml4.shtml Ethics of Using Animals in Research]."
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|| 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]."
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|| 4. Nonhuman Primates Should Not Be Used in Experiments
| [[Coalition to End Primate Experimentation]]
| Excerpt from "The Argument."
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|| 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]."
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|| 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]."
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|| 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.
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|| 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]."
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| 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]."
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|| 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]."
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|| 3. Cloning Harms Animals
| [[Andrew Breslin]]
| Reprint of "Notes from a Brave New World".
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|| 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''.
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|| 5. Using Animals as Organ Donors will Save Human Lives
| [[Susan E. Paris]]
| Excerpt from "Animals to Human Transplants Are Vital."
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|| 6. Using Animals as Organ Donors Puts Human Lives at Risk
| [[Jonathan Hughes]]
| Excerpt from "Exnografting: Ethical Issues."
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| colspan=4 | For Further Discussion
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| colspan=4 | Organizations to Contact
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| colspan=4 | Bibliography of Books
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| colspan=4 | Index
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[[Category:2002 books]]
[[Category:Current affairs books]]
[[Category:Books about animal rights]]
[[Category:Books in the Opposing Viewpoints series]]
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