AS Ethics ch.1
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ingridalva on February 23, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 _______% of non-human primates are used in research. | 0.5 |
| _______% of rats and mice that are used in research? | 90-95 |
| Vivisection | cutting into a live animals |
| Speciesm | is the belief that humans are superior to animals. a prejudice or bias toward the interests of members of one's own species and against the members of other species. |
| Animal Rights | is the movement that insists that animals have morals rights equals to those of humans. this concept is totally opposed to biomedical research using animals, sporting events using animals, for clothing, entertainment, and product testing and eating animals. |
| PETA | People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
| Ethology | Study of behaviour of animals |
| Anthropomorphism | concept of ascribing human traits to animals |
| Animal Welfare | Movement that believes a reduction in and a minimal # of animals should be used in research, and those animals that are used should be treated as humanely as possible. The concept implies that human kind has dominion over animals, & as such as has responsibility for animal well-being. |
| Dominionists | People who belive that individuals can do whatever thay want to animals, and that humans are the only species w/ any rights. |
| Standing | one's place or relative position, or one's rank in the community. |
| Utilitarian Philosophy | Philosophy in which that individual believes using animals for the betterment of the people is acceptable, as long as the animals is treated w/ compassion. |
| Euthanazia | humane killing of an animal accomplishes by a methods which produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death, w/o evidence of pain and distress |
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