"Millions of healthy animals are killed each year in research labs under the label "euthanasia." The term implies a humane death for a humane reason, but this euphemism leads to the killing of healthy "unwanted" animals. This talk examines how a misleading term obscures an ethical tension in animal research and distorts public understanding.
Dr. Joel MacClellan is the Director of the Environment Program and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, New Orleans focusing on bioethics at the intersection of animals and environment. His work has been published in the Journal of Value Inquiry, Ethics & Environment and Between the Species, and has been applied as a Peace Corp Volunteer, Coach of Loyola's Ethics Bowl Team, ethicist on Loyola's Institutional Review Board, and field research on a USAID-funded green iguana conservation project.
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