Peter Singer-Animal Liberation

may not be able to complete their studies. One former veterinary student wrote to an animal welfare organization: Mylife-long dr ...

animals wasprovidedby theVeterinary SciencesDivision, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine.” ThroughoutAmerica,veterinariansarestan ...

researchersturnawayfromthewell-plowedfieldsinsearch of new territory where whatever they find will be new, althoughtheconnection ...

beingsandaresusceptibletothesameinfluencesasanyother human beings. Theylike to get on in their careers, to be promoted,andtohave ...

shouldwishtogiveoutmoneysothatelephantscanbegiven LSD. Sincetheseexperimentsarepaidforbygovernmentagencies, itishardlynecessaryt ...

impossible.”^106 Inotherwords,Whiteseeshimselfasunder noethicalconstraintsinregardtowhathedoestoanimals. Henceitisnotsurprisingt ...

statementsare,inphilosophy,comparabletomaintainingthat the earth is flat. American scientists have, so far, been extraordinarily ...

stateofhelplessnessiftheyanesthetizethematthesametime; norcantheyproducedepression inmonkeyswhilekeeping themhappyorobliviouswit ...

developednations.InBritain,forexample,noexperimentcan be conductedwithouta licensegranted bythesecretary of state for home affai ...

Mostofthecountriesexaminedforthisassessmenthavelaws farmoreprotectiveofexperimentalanimalsthanthoseinthe United States. Despite ...

British science magazine New Scientist, a writer recently describedtheUnitedStatesas“acountrywhich,asreflected initslegislationt ...

Moreover, the OTA report states that this is probably a conservativeestimateoftherealnumberofunregistered,and hence totally unin ...

experimenters themselves and published in the scientific journals. That evidence cannot be accused of being exaggerated.But beca ...

photos she had taken inside the laboratory. The photos showedGillettetestingnewformulationsofpinkandbrown inksforitsPaperMatepen ...

infantbeanorphan,toavoidthecomplicationsofthefeelings ofparents. Specifyingthecasein this wayis, if anything, overgenerous to th ...

others described earlier in this chapter could havetold us moreabouthumanreactionstotheexperimentalsituationif theyhadbeencarrie ...

knowledgeand possible usefulnessforour species.Blatant racism has led to painful experiments on other races, defendedontheground ...

UniversityofNewcastleonTyne,inEngland,forinstance, scientistsusedpigs.Thepigsweresubjectedtouptoeighty- oneperiodsofdecompressio ...

We have still not answered the question of when an experimentmightbejustifiable.Itwillnotdotosay“Never!” Puttingmoralityinsuchbl ...

couldpassthis test.Admittedly,aswith anydividing line, therewouldbeagrayareawhereitwasdifficulttodecideif an experiment could be ...