Locating the Middle Ground
A ‘middle ground’ exists, where the advocates and the opponents of vivisection can usefully negotiate, but where exactly is it?Discussions on the use of animals in scientific and medical experiments often attract extreme points of view where two opposing sides appear to be intractable and no possibility of compromise exists. But there are many on both sides of the argument who want to find a middle ground where useful discussions can take place. In a paper in PiLAS (Perpectives in Laboratory Animal Science) Dr Matthew Simpson, of Voice for Ethical Research at Oxford, discusses the