Animal Wrongs

Animal Wrongs

Animal Rights and Wrongs: An Ethical View of Animal Experimentation from Graham Mitchell

The use of animals in research continues to be a divisive issue for the animal-rights movement and the biomedical community. Animal-rights activists are adept at working with the media and in politics to advance their viewpoint. Although researchers have begun to explain their position, there remains a strong nt%d to publicize the human benefit derived from animal experimentation. The primary n...

Group navigation and the "many-wrongs principle" in models of animal movement.

Traditional studies of animal navigation over both long and short distances have usually considered the orientation ability of the individual only, without reference to the implications of group membership. However, recent work has suggested that being in a group can significantly improve the ability of an individual to align toward and reach a target direction or point, even when all group mem...

Minor rights and wrongs.

ly and to consider cause and effect relationships,... [yet] has had little experience in applying these skills to decisions in a more autonomous manner."-' As a result, adolescents experience a chronic disjuncture caused by varying levels of biological development, cognitive ability, and experiential knowledge. Rather than mistaking one of these markers, such as cognitive ability, as indicative...

Citizen’s Income: Rights and Wrongs

A Citizen’s Income, or a Basic Income, is not a new idea but it has been receiving increasing attention. There is confusion about the idea and an attempt is made to distinguish different concepts. Then a full Citizen’s Income is examined in relation to four key criteria: the justice of an unconditional benefit; the possibility and fairness of a simple individual benefit; economic efficiency; an...