The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing is an academic center affiliated with the Division of Toxicological Sciences in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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CAAT 20th Anniversary Symposium
September 10-11, 2001
PIER 5 HOTEL
711 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Sponsors: 3M, Avon, Charles River Laboratories, Inc., The Cosmetic, Toiletries, and Fragrance Association, Covance, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc., In Vitro Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Procter & Gamble Company, Revlon
Proceedings for CAAT 20th Anniversary Symposium
The World of Animals
Franklin M. Loew
Becker College
From the time of Descartes a concept of what animals represent in the scheme of life has preoccupied thinkers. Some (e.g. Descartes) asserted that animals are mere "machines," incapable of thought or sensation, while others believed animals could think in some fashion and experience pain and pleasure. Today, what many have called the "moral status" of animals is as high as it has ever been. And recent findings in animal behavior have continued to buttress the idea that at least some types of animals are far more intelligent and sentient than was ever believed.