Taking Lab Rats Seriously: The Case Against (Most) Animal Testing
Ради собственного благополучия и благоденствия человечество готово идти на любые жертвы и за ценой не стоит. Более того, что хуже, оно ее далеко не всегда знает и не задумывается над ней. Тема сегодняшнего поста Джеймса Макуильямса в блоге Freakonomics посвящена опытам над животными, их оправданности, целесообразности, полезности, необходимости и пр. Тема, действительно, важная. Тем более мы не так уж часто говорит об этике науки и этике в науке. Поэтому решил не ограничиваться просто ссылкой, а скопипастить всю статью здесь (на английском). Упрощаю задачу интересующимся и желающим почитать:
Taking Lab Rats Seriously: The Case Against (Most) Animal Testing
Billions upon billions of animals are used every year for the purposes of scientific experimentation. It’s actually hard to think of another practice that’s as commonplace as it is controversial (biotechnology, perhaps?). It goes without saying that many of these experiments are a waste of time and resources. The NIH, for example, recently spent about $4 million exploring how the menstrual cycles of monkeys were influenced by cocaine, meth, and heroin. Other animal-based experiments, however, appear to have genuine utilitarian value, contributing useful information to our knowledge of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and several cancers. Delve into this issue and you’ll find that only one thing is certain: clear answers aren’t forthcoming...
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Taking Lab Rats Seriously: The Case Against (Most) Animal Testing
Billions upon billions of animals are used every year for the purposes of scientific experimentation. It’s actually hard to think of another practice that’s as commonplace as it is controversial (biotechnology, perhaps?). It goes without saying that many of these experiments are a waste of time and resources. The NIH, for example, recently spent about $4 million exploring how the menstrual cycles of monkeys were influenced by cocaine, meth, and heroin. Other animal-based experiments, however, appear to have genuine utilitarian value, contributing useful information to our knowledge of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and several cancers. Delve into this issue and you’ll find that only one thing is certain: clear answers aren’t forthcoming...
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