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The Heart of the Matter: Animal Bodies, Ethics, and Species Boundaries

In: Society & Animals
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Lynda Birke UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER, UNITED KINGDOM

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Mike Michael UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER, UNITED KINGDOM

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1998
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Abstract

This article addresses some of the ways in which the development of xenotransplantation, the use of nonhuman animals as organ donors, are presented in media accounts. Although xenotransplantation raises many ethical and philosophical questions, media coverage typically minimizes these. At issue are widespread public concerns about the transgression of species boundaries, particularly those between humans and other animals. We consider how these are constructed in media narratives, and how those narratives, in turn, rely on particular scientific discourses that posit species boundary crossing as unproblematic.

Title:
The Heart of the Matter: Animal Bodies, Ethics, and Species Boundaries
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853098X00186
Language:
English
Pages:
245–261
In:
Society & Animals
In:
Volume 6: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5306
Print ISSN:
1063-1119
Subjects:
General, Philosophy, Applied Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Social & Political Philosophy

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