TY - BOOK AU - A.W.H. Bates AB - This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress. DO - https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4 ID - OAPEN ID: 24599 KW - anti-cruelty KW - animal experimentation KW - animal ethics L1 - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F978-1-137-55697-4 LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40944 PB - Palgrave Macmillan PY - 2017 SN - 9781137556974 SN - 9781137556967 TI - Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social Historynull ER -