Is the use of sentient animals in basic research justifiable?

Animals can be used in many ways in science and scientific research. Given that society values sentient animals and that basic research is not goal oriented, the question is raised: "Is the use of sentient animals in basic research justifiable?" We explore this in the context of funding issues, outcomes from basic research, and the position of society as a whole on using sentient animals in research that is not goal oriented. We conclude that the use of sentient animals in basic research cannot be justified in light of society's priorities.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

• Publication date

  2010-09-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Philosophy, Environmental Science, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1186/1747-5341-5-14PMID 20825676PMCID 2949619
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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• No concepts are published for this paper.

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