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oapen-20.500.12657-279232022-05-04T12:10:13Z Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain Bates, A.W.H. animal ethics anti-cruelty animal experimentation bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDC Medical ethics & professional conduct 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. 2018-10-01 23:55:55 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T12:08:03Z 2020-04-01T12:08:03Z 2017 book 1002076 OCN: 999512353 9781137556974 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27923 eng The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 1002076.pdf https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4 10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9781137556974 Wellcome Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke 104505/Z/14/Z Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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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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