De 3 S-ene

De tre S-ene er et konsept fremmet av professor Carol M. Newton (1925-2014):

• Good science
• Good sense
• Good sensibilities

Konseptet ble ikke ytterligere forklart av professor Newton (se den engelskspråklige utgaven av denne siden), men kan tenkes å være en måte å fremme

• God vitenskapelig kvalitet
• Sunn fornuft
• Følsomhet (empati) ovenfor dyrene

Norecopa har skrevet en artikkel om Newtons 3S-konsept, i samarbeid med Penny Hawkins, RSPCA:

Smith AJ & Hawkins P: Good Science, Good Sense and Good Sensibilities: The Three Ss of Carol Newton.

(pdf-versjon) (sammendrag)

Konseptet er nevnt i et innlegg av Harry Rowsell på et symposium i 1975 som de begge deltok på (Carol Newton nevnte det ikke i sitt innlegg). Rowsell sa:

In closing, it must be reiterated that the value and contribution of the experimental animal cannot be questioned. The issue is the requirement to practice, in animal experimentation, the concept of replacement, reduction and refinement. All are consistent with the production of valid, meaningful results that, hopefully, will allow replacement of partially successful methods of disease treatment, in both man and animal, with those that are fully effective. To the three R’s we may add Dr. Carol Newton’s three S’s: good science, good sense and good sensibilities.

Dette er såvidt Norecopa vet, den eneste referansen til de 3 S-ene. Det er interessant at de nevnes i den samme setningen som de tre R-ene. Dr. Rowsell gikk bort i 2006.

Litteratur:

Newton CM (1977): Biostatistical and biomedical methods in efficient animal experimentation. In: The Future of Animals, Cells, Models, and Systems in Research, Development, Education, and Testing 267-281, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., ISBN 0-309-02603-2

Rowsell HC (1977): The Ethics of Biomedical Experimentation. In: The Future of Animals, Cells, Models, and Systems in Research, Development, Education, and Testing pp. 267-281, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., ISBN 0-309-02603-2