Research ethics III: Science involving animals  

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Briggle, Adam ; Mitcham, Carl

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Ethics and Science An Introduction, page 156-173.
Topik: War Over Animal Research; Farms; Zoos; Pets; Wildlife Preserves; and Laboratories; Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
Fulltext: Research ethics III Science involving animals.pdf (200.29KB)

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In the previous chapter, we noted an emerging consensus in the scienti?c community that all human beings possess intrinsic moral worth, which means they cannot be used as mere resources in order to advance scienti?c knowledge. There is far less consensus about the moral status of nonhuman animals, which means that there is much greater disagreement about the principles that ought to guide research involving animals. The notion of free and informed consent that played such a central role in the previous chapter is of little use in this context as perhaps no other animal is capable of comprehending a proposed research project and communicating consent. Yet this fact alone does not mean that the perspective of animals merits no consideration in the conduct of scienti?c research. After all, human babies and those who are severely mentally handicapped are similarly incapable of understanding and communicating. Is there anything different about nonhuman animals that might justify treating them differently in the name of scienti?c progress?

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