Is it ethical to drive specially bred alcoholic rats to drink by overstocking
their laboratory cages? Scores of such intriguing conundrums are under the
microscope in Research Ethics: Cases and Materials (Indiana University
Press/Open University Press in Britain, £10.99, ISBN 0 253 20906 4).
Editor Robin Levin Penslar has compiled a lively collection of imaginary case
studies followed by questions for students—making this book a useful
resource for teachers tackling the burgeoning field of applied ethics.
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