The disregard for nonhuman animals in bioethics
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https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2010.i43.716Keywords:
anthropocentrism, bioethics, speciesism, animal experimentationAbstract
This paper defends two claims. The first is that, despite the extensive use of nonhuman animals in research, this issue has not been really taken seriously in the field of bioethics. This claim is supported by a survey of recent literature in bioethics. The second claim is that this lack of attention is unwarranted. It is commonly assumed that the interests of nonhuman animals are not morally significant, or at least not as significant as those of humans. However, none of the arguments that have been advanced in defense of this view succeeds. Thus, current studies in bioethics display what may be described as a speciesist bias. Moreover, this also means that the very use of nonhuman animals as resources is questionable.
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