Kenneth Boyd

Kenneth Boyd biogKenneth Boyd, MA, BD, PhD, FRCPEd, teaches medical and biomedical ethics at The University of Edinburgh.
He is an associate editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics and a former general secretary of the Institute of Medical Ethics. He chairs the Boyd Group on the use of animals in science and is college cleric of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, of which he was elected a fellow in 1997.
Kenneth was editor of the Pond Report on the Teaching of Medical Ethics and co-editor of The New Dictionary of Medical Ethics. He is also author of numerous papers on medical ethics and humanities.

October 2017

Wildlife and exotics – three key notions of ethical theory

Glen Cousquer and Kenneth Boyd continue their series on this subject and consider normative theory in ethical decision-making.

34 mins

August 2017

Wildlife and exotics: ethical theory and moral dilemmas

Glen Cousquer and Kenneth Boyd continue their series on the ethics surrounding wildlife and exotic animal medicine and welfare.

43 mins

May 2017

Wildlife and exotic medicine: key terms and relationships

Glen Cousquer and Kenneth Boyd consider ethical decision-making in exotic and wildlife medicine, focusing on key terms and the human-animal bond.

36 mins

March 2017

Wildlife and exotic medicine – ethical theory and moral dilemmas

Glen Cousquer and Kenneth Boyd introduce the concept of how vets can ethically approach wildlife cases, in the first of a five-part article.

15 mins