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10-30 The Ethics of Using Animals in Research: More recent cases
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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
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[2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
TODAY'S TOPICS:
1. Which experiments on animals are ethical and which are not? Test cases: Robert Titus's experiment and those recounted by Adams.
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: quiz, blog discussion -- feedback moved to Thursday
REQUIRED READING:
1. Guerrini, Experimenting with Humans and Animals, part 2 .... 823-845
2. Applied Ethics in Animal Research ….. 846-861
3. "The Beagle as Research Dog" ….. 862-865
4. Richard Adams, The Plague Dogs ….. 866-874
5. Animal Research Wars ….. 875-891
6. “Why Animal Experiments are not Necessary.” Dr. Corina Gericke
6. This Campus: ARC info ….. 892-900
7. Animal Research on this Campus: Robert Titus ... 901-909
8. Animal Research on this Campus: Julie C ... 910
REVIEW:
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY:
LOOKING AHEAD: Thursday: Do sadism, suicide, and other forms of self-destructive behavior distinguish man from the other animals? Attendance required or -20
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