The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The Conflict between Animal Research and Animal Protection

by Deborah Rudacille

Overview

In this sweeping history of animal research and the animal protection movement, Deborah Rudacille examines the ethical question of whether enhancement of human life justifies the use of animals for research. She shows how the question and the answers provided by both scientists and anti-vivisectionists over the past 150 years have shaped contemporary society. Rudacille anchors her narrative in events from the lives of key players in the history of the war between science and animal protection, describing the work of activists who work outside the law as well as those working to change the system from within.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520231542
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/28/2001
Series:	Science Ethics Public Policy Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	397
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Deborah Rudacille was researcher/writer at the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing from 1992 to 1997. She is the coauthor of Animals and Alternatives in Testing: History, Science and Ethics (1994) and the author of The Riddle of Gender.

Table of Contents

Introduction 
ONE. Viruses, Vaccines, and Vivisection 
TWO. The Kingdom of the Spirit 
THREE. The Dogs of War 
FOUR. Nazi Healing 
FIVE. Polio Politics 
SIX. The New Crusaders 
SEVEN. Stalking the Shadow 
EIGHT. Saints and Sinners 
NINE. Engineering Life 
TEN. Animals, Science, and the Body 
ELEVEN. Partial Transformations 
Epilogue 
Notes 
References 
Resources 
Acknowledgments 
Index 
 

Editorial Reviews

Rudacille uses impeccably researched material to take readers from the earliest days of animal-rights activism to the present.. In the final chapter, the author embarks on a productive discussion of ways the animal-rights controversy could be resolved.

Rebecca Skloot

In this excellent exploration of the conflict between animal protection and animal research, the author resolutely resists simplistic answers... By showing the spectrum of possible views between the moral absolutism of one camp and the unrepentant materialism of the other, this valuable book suggests a vast ground for compromise.

New Yorker

U.S. scientists experiment on 14 million animals a year. Do health and safety benefits to humans justify the suffering of animals? Deborah Rudacille addresses the issue with fairness and respect to both science and its critics.

Rob Mitchell