"Would you let your child die rather than experiment on animals?" A comparative questions approach.

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  • Author(s): Perlo K;Perlo K
  • Source:
    Society & animals : social scientific studies of the human experience of other animals [Soc Anim] 2003; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 51-67.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 9416267 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1063-1119 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10631119 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soc Anim
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: <2000-> : Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Academic Publishers
      Original Publication: Cambridge, UK : White Horse Press, c1993-
    • Subject Terms:
      Animal Experimentation/*ethics ; Data Collection/*ethics ; Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards; Animals ; Animals, Laboratory ; Child ; Emotions ; Human Experimentation/ethics ; Humans ; Parents/psychology ; Stress, Psychological ; Vivisection/ethics
    • Abstract:
      By placing the title question alongside five comparative questions and offering answers to the whole set as given by seven imaginary respondents, this paper analyzes the question's deceptiveness and the inconsistency of its implied claims. Apart from ambiguities of situation, history, and agency, the question's demand for a choice between "your child" and "nonhuman animals" obscures a field of other values regarding (1) species, (2) family ties, and (3) the wrongness-in-itself (or otherwise) of the experiments envisioned. This paper argues that while a "No" answer to the title question does not, as intended by the questioner, support the experimental status quo, even a "Yes" answer does not reflect a choice between one's own child and animals.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Indexing Agency: KIE Local ID #: 112428.
      Keywords: Biomedical and Behavioral Research; Empirical Approach
      Note: 14 refs. Note: KIE Bib: animal experimentation
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20040124 Date Completed: 20040205 Latest Revision: 20191027
    • Publication Date:
      20240104
    • Accession Number:
      10.1163/156853003321618837
    • Accession Number:
      14738072