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Animal rights

Animal experimentation

Animal welfare

Vivisection

 

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    Definition

    “The view that animals have rights , for instance to decent treatment, is more controversial than the view that we ought to behave decently towards them. This is because to some thinkers the notion of a right involves the ability to make a claim ...." Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

     

    Narrow the topic

    ·         Do animals have rights?

    ·         Is animal experimentation justified?

    ·         Should animals be allowed to experience pain for medical research?

    ·         Should animals be used for food?

    ·         Is animal experimentation bad science?

    ·         Should the fur industry be shut down?

    ·         How should substances which may be harmful to human health, be tested?

    ·         What is acceptable pain?

    ·         What obligations do humans have to animals?

    ·         Are there alternatives to using animals for research?

    ·         Does wildlife need to be protected?

    ·         Would the advances in treatments for diseases like aids have been possible without using animals?

    ·         Should computer software replace animal dissection in biology classes?

     

    Reference Books

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    Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
    Call Number: REF HM856 .E53

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    West’s encyclopedia of American law
    Call Number: REF KF 154 .W47

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    Encyclopedia of evolution
    Call Number: REF QH 360.2 .R53
    (also e-book)


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    Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy
    Call Number: REF GE42 .E533 2009
    "Animal Ethics"

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    Encyclopedia of animal rights and animal welfare
    Call Number: REF HV4708 .E53 2010

     
     

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