Of Mice and Primates: Virtue Ethics and Animal Research
Author:   Rebecca L. Walker (Professor of Philosophy and Professor Social Medicine, Professor of Philosophy and Professor Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 August 2025
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Of Mice and Primates: Virtue Ethics and Animal Research


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Author:   Rebecca L. Walker (Professor of Philosophy and Professor Social Medicine, Professor of Philosophy and Professor Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780190089955


ISBN 10:   0190089954
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 August 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1: Why (not) virtue ethics? Chapter 2: Rights and Welfare: A Case Study Chapter 3: Animal Flourishing and the Lab Chapter 4: Friendship, Human-Animal Bonds, and Partiality in the Lab Chapter 5: Virtue, Vice, and the Other Animals: Compassion Chapter 6: Justice and Animal Research Oversight Chapter 7: Intellectual Virtues for Animal Science Chapter 8: Limitations and Further Thoughts on Moral Status

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Rebecca Walker is a professor of philosophy and of social medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work in philosophy of medicine addresses animal ethics, health justice, genomic ethics, and bioethics theories and concepts. She engages both philosophical and social science methodologies and she has published widely in prominent bioethics, science, philosophy, and medicine journals. Her co-edited books include Working Virtue: Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems (2007); Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice (2016); and the two volume Social Medicine Reader (2019).

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