Animal Rights Advocacy and Modern Medicine: The Charge of Hypocrisy
Animal Rights Advocacy and Modern Medicine: The Charge of Hypocrisy
This chapter is concerned with the issue of moral consistency. It analyzes whether those with strong commitments against animal research can maintain moral integrity while using products that have previously been tested on animals. It shows that animal rights advocates (ARAs) can choose between the Inconsistency Option and the Consistency Option if they are faced with the charge of hypocrisy. This chapter reveals that ARAs must take the charge of hypocrisy seriously. It also suggests that if the post hoc response is an adequate reply, then ARAs who use prescription drugs have an answer to the charge of hypocrisy.
Keywords: moral consistency, animal research, animal rights advocates, Inconsistency Option, Consistency Option, charge of hypocrisy, prescription drugs
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