Humphreys, Rebekah (2022) Sensitising science to research involving animals. Research Outreach (133).
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Abstract
Dr Rebekah Humphreys, senior lecturer at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, and specialist in applied ethics, considers how it is possible to become desensitised to the use of animals for scientific research. Humphreys explores our emotional responses and moral feelings towards animals within the context of research. She considers those who work in animal research and the legislation surrounding animal testing. In the context of research involving animals, studies suggest that our emotional responsivity to the animals can sometimes be treated as unnecessary. Dr Rebekah Humphreys of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, defines this lack of emotional responsiveness in the context of experimental testing as desensitisation. Humphreys questions whether and why our ‘norms’ of what’s acceptable differ depending on the context; how or why researchers tend to, or have to, compartmentalise in order to carry out their work; and how research language and media portrayals downplay or ignore the fact that animals are used in this way and why this might lead to problems.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine U Military Science > U Military Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Rebekah Humphreys |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2023 09:55 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2024 01:02 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2215 |
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