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Q J Med 2001; 94: 283-284
© 2001 Association of Physicians

Correspondence

Duty and the beast: animal experimentation and neglected interests

J.M.B. Hughes, Professor Emeritus of Thoracic Medicine

Respiratory Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Sir,

I suppose one should be wary of arguing with philosophers. Nevertheless, Dr Benatar's Commentary article 1 on the ethics of animal experimentation is more an attack on those who eat animal meat than an examination of the moral issue of medical research involving animals. He concedes that ‘animal experimentation does substantially benefit humanity’ (omitting to mention its considerable contribution to the health and welfare of animals themselves), but argues that humans should treat other species largely as they would their own; to do otherwise is to be . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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D. Benatar

Department of Philosophy, University of Cape Town


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