| Animal Ethos: The Morality of Human-Animal Encounters in Experimental Lab Science Contributor(s): Sharp, Lesley A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520299248 ISBN-13: 9780520299245 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical - Science | Biotechnology - Medical | Ethics |
| Dewey: 174.28 |
| LCCN: 2018014111 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What kinds of moral challenges arise from encounters between species in laboratory science? Animal Ethos draws on ethnographic engagement with academic labs in which experimental research involving nonhuman species provokes difficult questions involving life and death, scientific progress, and other competing quandaries. Whereas much has been written on core bioethical values that inform regulated behavior in labs, Lesley A. Sharp reveals the importance of attending to lab personnel's quotidian and unscripted responses to animals. Animal Ethos exposes the rich--yet poorly understood--moral dimensions of daily lab life, where serendipitous, creative, and unorthodox responses are evidence of concerted efforts by researchers, animal technicians, veterinarians, and animal activists to transform animal laboratories into moral scientific worlds. |