Buy & download fulltext article:
?
Abstract:
A number of attitudinal studies have examined support for the use of animals in research. However, on the whole they have come to rather different conclusions. In our research, which is based on focus group discussions held in Denmark, we attempted to explain this variation by examining the way the relevant attitudes are formed. Although our participants had only limited knowledge of, and interest in, animal use in research, they were perfectly capable of developing reasoned attitudes to it by drawing on evaluative considerations concerning animal use in general. Furthermore, the evaluation of animal research involves a distinct experience of value conflict-between the possible human benefits, on one hand, and a concern for costs to the animal, on the other. Different ways of dealing with this conflict gives rise to different attitudinal stances on animal research: Disapprovers, Reserved, and Approvers. These stances, and their supporting lines of argument, are rather robust, as they are grounded in stable underlying values. However, at the same time they leave room for variable evaluations of different types of animal experiment. This facilitates shifts between disapproval and approval, especially for the Reserved who experience ambivalence. Future quantitative analyses should take into consideration that attitudes in the field of animal experimentation can be viewed (and measured) both at an underlying value-based level and at a context-specific level.- Anthrozo?s is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that has enjoyed a distinguished history as a pioneer in the field since its launch in 1987. The key premise of Anthrozos? is to address the characteristics and consequences of interactions and relationships between people and non-human animals across areas as varied as anthropology, ethology, medicine, psychology, veterinary medicine and zoology. Articles therefore cover the full range of human-animal relations, from their treatment in the arts and humanities, through to behavioral, biological, social and health sciences.
Anthrozo?s is published by Berg Publishers on behalf of the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ). Members receive the journal as part of their membership package. If you are an existing member, have recently been approved or would like to join the Society please go to the membership site.
- Subscribe to this Title
- ingentaconnect is not responsible for the content or availability of external websites
Source: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berg/anthroz/2012/00000025/00000004/art00006
new york post kate middleton bob costas bowl projections Jovan Belcher Charlie Batch Rita Ora
কোন মন্তব্য নেই:
একটি মন্তব্য পোস্ট করুন