Journal of Animal Ethics 5 (1):5-19, (2015)
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Animal ethics committees (AECs) appeal to utilitarian principles in their justification of animal experiments. Although AECs do not grant rights to animals, they do accept that animals have moral standing and should not be unnecessarily harmed. Although many appeal to utilitarian arguments in the justification of animal experiments, I argue that AECs routinely fall short of the requirements needed for such justification in a variety of ways. I argue that taking the moral status of animals seriously—even if this falls short of granting rights to animals—should lead to a thorough revision or complete elimination of many of the current practices in animal experimentation.
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Keywords | animal research animal research ethics animal welfare institutional animal care and use committee 3Rs animal rights |
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DOI | 10.5406/janimalethics.5.1.0005 |
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