This article is about the second edition of Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints; for the first edition see Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints (2000); for the third edition see Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints (2004).

Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints is a book, in the Opposing Viewpoints series

Opposing Viewpoints series

The Opposing Viewpoints series is a series of books on current issues which seeks to explore the varying opinions in a balanced pros/cons debate...

. It examines the philosophical

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 and practical issues relevant to animal rights

Animal rights

Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...

, especially in relation to animal experimentation: whether animals have rights; if animal experimentation is justified; how it should be conducted; and if scientists should pursue new forms of animal testing. It was edited by Helen Cothran.

It was published by Greenhaven Press

Greenhaven Press

Greenhaven Press has been an imprint of Gale since 2000. Greenhaven primarily publishes books on social issues for middle school and high school students, and is best known for its Opposing Viewpoints series...

 (San Diego) in 2002 as a 202-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-0903-0) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-0902-2).

Contents

Chapter	Viewpoint	Author	Notes
Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
Introduction
Chapter 1: Do Animals Have Rights?	1. Animals Have Rights	Tom Regan Tom Regan Tom Regan is an American philosopher who specializes in animal rights theory. He is professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001....	Excerpt from The Philosophy of Animal Rights.
	2. Animals Do Not Have Rights	Charles R. Pulver	Excerpt from "Will Animals Have Duties As Well As Rights?"
	3. Animals Are Equal to Humans	Animal Liberation Animal Liberation Animal liberation may refer to:*Animal rights, animals being considered as legal persons**Animal-liberation movement**Abolitionism , an abolitionist approach to animal rights**Veganarchism, a combined theory of animal liberation and anarchism...	Excerpt from "Human and Animal Rights".
	4. Animals Are Not Equal to Humans	Damon Linker	Reprint of "Rights for Rodents" in Commentary Commentary (magazine) Commentary is a monthly American magazine on politics, Judaism, social and cultural issues. It was founded by the American Jewish Committee in 1945. By 1960 its editor was Norman Podhoretz, a liberal at the time who moved sharply to the right in the 1970s and 1980s becoming a strong voice for the... .
	5. Core Teachings of the World's Religions Support Animal Rights	Norm Phelps	Excerpt from "Why the Animals Need Religion" in Animals' Agenda, September/October, 1999.
	6. The World's Major Religions Support Animal Experimentation	Seriously Ill for Medical Research	Excerpt from "The Major Religions on Animals in Medical Research".
	7. Animal Rights Activists Are Terrorists	Cal Thomas Cal Thomas John Calvin "Cal" Thomas is an American conservative syndicated columnist, pundit, author and radio commentator.-Life and career:...
	8. Animal Rights Activists Are Not Terrorists	Jane Cartmill	Excerpt from "Animals Are Victims of Violence"
Chapter 2: Is Animal Experimentation Justified?	1. Animal Experimentation Is Unethical	Robert Garner Robert Garner Robert Garner is professor of political theory at the University of Leicester in the UK. Garner specializes in animal rights, focusing on animal protectionism and the political representation of non-human interests in general...	Excerpt from "Animal Rights and Wrongs"
	2. Animal Experimentation Is Ethical	Henry E. Heffner
	3. Animal Research Is Vital to Medicine	Jack H. Botting and Adrian R. Morrison
	4. Animal Experimentation is Unscientific	C. Ray Greek and Jean Swingle Greek	Excerpt from Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals.
Chapter 3: How Should Animal Experimentation Be Conducted?	1. The Animal Research Industry Needs More Oversight	In Defense of Animals In Defense of Animals In Defense of Animals is an animal rights organization founded in 1983 in San Rafael, California, USA. It has 60,000 members and an annual budget of $650,000. The group's slogan is "working to protect the rights, welfare, and habitats of animals"....	Reprint of "Research Oversight."
	2. Animal Experimentation Is Sufficiently Regulated	Delmas Luedke	Excerpt from "Ethics of Using Animals in Research."
	3. Experimenting on Nonhuman Primates Is Vital to Science	Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Texas Biomedical Research Institute , located in San Antonio, Texas, is an independent biomedical research institution, specializing in genetics and in virology and immunology...	Excerpt from "Primates in Biomedical Research."
	4. Nonhuman Primates Should Not Be Used in Experiments	Coalition to End Primate Experimentation	Excerpt from "The Argument."
	5. Dogs Should Not Be Used for Animal Experimentation	Animal Aid Animal Aid Animal Aid, founded in 1977, is a British animal rights organisation. The group campaigns peacefully against all forms of animal abuse and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. It also investigates and exposes animal cruelty....	Excerpt from "Betrayed: The Silent Suffering of Cats and Dogs."
	6. Experiments on Dogs Have Led to Medical Breakthroughs	Foundation for Biomedical Research Foundation for Biomedical Research The Foundation for Biomedical Research is an American non profit organization, 501, located in Washington, DC. Established in 1981, the organization is dedicated to informing the news media, teachers, and other groups about the need for lab animals in medical and scientific research...	Excerpt from "Dogs and Research."
	7. Rats and Mice Should Be Included in the Animal Welfare Act	F. Barbara Orlans	Excerpt from "The Injustice of Excluding Laboratory Rats, Mice, and Birds from the Animal Welfare Act," Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal The Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal is a quarterly academic journal established in 1991. It is published by the Johns Hopkins University Press on behalf of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and focuses on questions of bioethics such as those relating to the research of and therapeutic use of... , September 2000.
	8. Including Mice and Rats in the Animal Welfare Act Would Hinder Research	Debra J. Saunders	Excerpt from When Rats Have Rights."
Chapter 4: Should Scientists Pursue New Forms of Animal Testing?	1. Genetic Engineering Can Cure Human Diseases	Kevin O'Donnell Kevin O'Donnell -Early life:O’Donnell was born and grew up in Cleveland and was educated at St. Rose’s Grammar School and West High School. O'Donnell spent two semesters at Kenyon college before joining the US Navy Supply Corps during World War II. He returned after the war and graduated from Kenyon in 1947...	Excerpt from "Biotechnology and You."
	2. Genetic Engineering Is Dangerous	Michael W. Fox	Excerpt from "Tooling with Mother Nature: The Dangers of Genetic Engineering."
	3. Cloning Harms Animals	Andrew Breslin	Reprint of "Notes from a Brave New World".
	4. Cloning Can Help Humans and Animals	Ian Wilmut Ian Wilmut Sir Ian Wilmut, OBE FRS FMedSci FRSE is an English embryologist and is currently Director of the Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He is best known as the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from an adult somatic... , Keith Campbell Keith Campbell (biologist) Keith H. S. Campbell is an English biologist who was a member of the team that in 1996 first cloned a mammal, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary cells.... , and Colin Tudge Colin Tudge Colin Tudge is a British science writer and broadcaster. A biologist by training, he is the author of numerous works on food, agriculture, genetics, and species diversity....	Excerpt from The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control.
	5. Using Animals as Organ Donors will Save Human Lives	Susan E. Paris	Excerpt from "Animals to Human Transplants Are Vital."
	6. Using Animals as Organ Donors Puts Human Lives at Risk	Jonathan Hughes Jonathan Hughes Jonathan Hughes, born 30 June 1981 in Pontypridd, is a Welsh cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played 42 first class matches for Glamorgan between 2001 and 2005. He made three first class hundreds.-References:...	Excerpt from "Exnografting: Ethical Issues."
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Organizations to Contact
Bibliography of Books
Index