TY - JOUR T1 - Baby Fae: a beastly business. JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 178 LP - 183 DO - 10.1136/jme.11.4.178 VL - 11 IS - 4 AU - T Kushner AU - R Belliotti Y1 - 1985/12/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/11/4/178.abstract N2 - The Baby Fae experiment has highlighted the growing trend in medicine of using animal parts in the treatment of humans. This paper raises the question of the logical and moral justification for these current practices and their proposed expansion. We argue that the Cognitive Capacity Principle establishes morally justified necessary and sufficient conditions for the use of non-human animals in medical treatments and research. Some alternative sources for medical uses are explored as well as some possible programmes for their implementation. ER -