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The Moral Status of Nonhuman Animals The Moral Status of Nonhuman Animals
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Indirect Limits on What We Do to Animals Indirect Limits on What We Do to Animals
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Direct Limits Direct Limits
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Benefits of Animal Experimentation Benefits of Animal Experimentation
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The Prima Facie Case for Animal Experimentation The Prima Facie Case for Animal Experimentation
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Common Sense Argument Common Sense Argument
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Historical Evidence Historical Evidence
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Scientific Rationale Supports History and Common Sense Scientific Rationale Supports History and Common Sense
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An Intermediate Conclusion An Intermediate Conclusion
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Evaluation of the Prima Facie Case Evaluation of the Prima Facie Case
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The Common Sense View The Common Sense View
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The Historical Argument The Historical Argument
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Some Empirical Evidence Undermining the Reliability of Animal Experimentation Some Empirical Evidence Undermining the Reliability of Animal Experimentation
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Evolution and Its Influences Evolution and Its Influences
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Understanding Similarities and Differences Between Species Understanding Similarities and Differences Between Species
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Two Issues about Models in Applied Research Two Issues about Models in Applied Research
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Evolutionary Influences Prompt Changes Evolutionary Influences Prompt Changes
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Organizational Complexity Amplifies Adaptive Changes Organizational Complexity Amplifies Adaptive Changes
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Functional, Explanatory, and Causal Properties Functional, Explanatory, and Causal Properties
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Strong Models Strong Models
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Other Defenses of the Practice Other Defenses of the Practice
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The Moral Costs of Animal Experimentation The Moral Costs of Animal Experimentation
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The Moral Scales The Moral Scales
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Two Moral Assumptions Two Moral Assumptions
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Acts Are Morally Weightier than Omissions Acts Are Morally Weightier than Omissions
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Definite Harms are Morally Weightier than Possible Benefits Definite Harms are Morally Weightier than Possible Benefits
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What Really Goes on the Scales? What Really Goes on the Scales?
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A Final Dilemma A Final Dilemma
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Deontological Concerns Deontological Concerns
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Bio-Cartesianism Bio-Cartesianism
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Suggested Reading Suggested Reading
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34 What's Ethics Got to Do with it? The Roles of Government Regulation in Research-Animal Protection
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29 Animal Experimentation in Biomedical Research
Get accessHugh LaFollette, Cole Chair in Ethics, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
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Published:01 May 2012
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Abstract
This article discusses the conditions under which it is permissible and advisable to use animals in biomedical experimentation. The “Common View” is that there are moral limits on what we can do to nonhuman animals, but humans can use them when doing so advances significant human interests. This view entails that animals have some moral status, but not a demandingly high status. The idea also states that most people believe that medical experiments using animals do wind up benefiting humans. The “Lenient View” holds that even if animals have moral worth, their worth is so slight that humans can use them virtually any way we wish. The “Demanding View” holds that the moral worth of animals is so high that it bars virtually all uses of animals in biomedical research.
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