How Should Clinician-Researchers Model Regard for Nonhuman Animals Bred for and Used in Human-Centered Science?

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  • Author(s): Walker RL;Walker RL
  • Source:
    AMA journal of ethics [AMA J Ethics] 2024 Sep 01; Vol. 26 (9), pp. E673-678. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 01.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: American Medical Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101649265 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2376-6980 (Electronic) NLM ISO Abbreviation: AMA J Ethics Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Chicago, IL : American Medical Association, [2015]-
    • Subject Terms:
      Animal Experimentation*/ethics; Humans ; Animals ; Ethics, Research ; Moral Obligations ; Research Personnel/ethics ; Animal Welfare/ethics ; Animal Rights ; Biomedical Research/ethics
    • Abstract:
      If we assume that nonhuman animals experience pain or distress, then ethically justifying human-centered research with only nonhuman animals as subjects likely requires that the research's benefits to humans must, at least, outweigh harms suffered by the nonhuman animals. Yet this reasoning does not seem to account well for the ethical view that nonhuman animals are morally valuable in their own right. This commentary on a case considers this ethical tension and discusses how clinician-researchers should navigate it. This commentary also suggests why clinician-researchers' reasoning about the nature and scope of their obligations to nonhuman animals extends beyond governing regulations and federal oversight, which is silent on or ambiguous about nonhuman animals as morally valuable in their own right.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240909 Date Completed: 20240909 Latest Revision: 20240909
    • Publication Date:
      20240910
    • Accession Number:
      10.1001/amajethics.2024.673
    • Accession Number:
      39250937