Teaching

The Open University of Israel

Topics in Bioethics: Animal Experimentation (2021-2022)

Course Description: The course deals with questions about the moral justification of conducting animal experiments in biology. Among the topics covered are the moral considerations for and against using animals in scientific experiments, historical aspects such as the extent to which biology and medicine advanced through animal experimentation, intra-biological questions relevant to the moral questions (which animals feel pain?), and methodological issues of biological alternatives proposed for animal experiments. Students will read texts from both philosophical and scientific perspectives.