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4 - Experimenting with Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2021

Lori Gruen
Affiliation:
Wesleyan University, Connecticut
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This chapter interrogates arguments for doing invasive research on animals in laboratories. A non-speciesist utilitarian test for determining when experimentation may be justified is introduced and discussed as is the abolition of animal experimentation.

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Ethics and Animals
An Introduction
, pp. 114 - 139
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Experimenting with Animals
  • Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
  • Book: Ethics and Animals
  • Online publication: 14 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108986304.005
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  • Experimenting with Animals
  • Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
  • Book: Ethics and Animals
  • Online publication: 14 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108986304.005
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  • Experimenting with Animals
  • Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University, Connecticut
  • Book: Ethics and Animals
  • Online publication: 14 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108986304.005
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