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5. Animal Ethics and Animal Experimentation

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Chapter of: Bioethics: A Coursebook(pp. 73–88)

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Title5. Animal Ethics and Animal Experimentation
ContributorCOMPOST Collective (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0449.05
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0449/chapters/10.11647/obp.0449.05
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightCOMPOST Collective;
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2025-05-12
Long abstractIn this chapter 5, we introduce animal ethics and different views on the ethical permissibility of animal experimentation. The chapter highlights two aspects of discussions on animal experimentation ethics can, namely, the moral status of other-than-human animals and the moral theories, consequentialism and deontology, on which the argumentation is built. Along these dimensions, we provide students and researchers with a brief overview of some arguments in favor or against animal experimentation. Finally, we also lay out the hybrid approach to animal experimentation ethics, which underpins current evaluation policies and EU regulation on the ethical acceptability of animal studies.
Page rangepp. 73–88
Print length16 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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COMPOST Collective

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Research Group at the Department of Philosophy at University of Antwerp
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/compost/

COMPOST Collective is a research group at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Antwerp. This interdisciplinary collective has a specific interest in (bio)ethics and is embedded in the department's Center for Ethics.

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