Animal Dignity and the Law: Potential, Problems and Possible Implications

Kempers, Eva Bernet

doi:10.1007/s10991-020-09244-1

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“…It is worth emphasizing that the concept of dignity, and therefore the right not to suffer and to have one’s needs met, which was once the exclusive domain of human beings, a concept upheld for a considerable period and reinforced by authors such as Giovanni Pico della Mirandola ( 30 ) and Immanuel Kant ( 31 ) has been extended to all animals. This is due to their sentience akin to that of humans, and their entitlement to the same rights, which ensures both ethical and legal legitimacy to the science produced with their assistance ( 32 ).…”

Section: Ethical and Legal Aspects In The Use Of Animals And 3r’s Hea...mentioning

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Impact of quality and transparency in scientific writing on the reduction of animal usage in experimental protocols: a review based in pertinent literature

Neves,

Klein,

Silva

et al. 2024

Front. Vet. Sci.

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The irreproducibility in scientific research has become a critical issue. Despite the essential role of rigorous methodology in constructing a scientific article, more than half of publications, on average, are considered non-reproducible. The implications of this irreproducibility extend to reliability problems, hindering progress in technological production and resulting in substantial financial losses. In the context of laboratory animal research, this work emphasizes the importance of choosing an appropriate experimental model within the 3R’s principle (Refine, Reduce, Replace). This study specifically addresses a deficiency in data specification in scientific articles, revealing inadequacies in the description of crucial details, such as environmental conditions, diet, and experimental procedures. For this purpose, 124 articles from journals with relevant impact factors were analyzed, conducting a survey of data considered important for the reproducibility of studies. Important flaws in the presentation of data were identified in most of the articles evaluated. The results of this study highlight the need to improve the description of essential information, standardizing studies, and ensuring the reproducibility of experiments in areas such as metabolism, immunity, hormones, stress, among others, to enhance the reliability and reproduction of experimental results, aligning with international guidelines such as ARRIVE and PREPARE.

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Section: Ethical and Legal Aspects In The Use Of Animals And 3r’s Hea...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of quality and transparency in scientific writing on the reduction of animal usage in experimental protocols: a review based in pertinent literature

Neves,

Klein,

Silva

et al. 2024

Front. Vet. Sci.

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“…The recent approaches to the attribution of legally relevant dignity, corresponding dignity protection and rights of their own to non-human entities such as animals or nature as such, are discussed in the legal discourse as well as in the ethical discourse (see above) [ 3 , 29 , 61 ] but have not yet gained any practical legal significance.…”

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Ethics and regulation of neuronal optogenetics in the European Union

Faltus,

Freise,

Fluck

et al. 2023

Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol

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Neuronal optogenetics is a technique to control the activity of neurons with light. This is achieved by artificial expression of light-sensitive ion channels in the target cells. By optogenetic methods, cells that are naturally light-insensitive can be made photosensitive and addressable by illumination and precisely controllable in time and space. So far, optogenetics has primarily been a basic research tool to better understand the brain. However, initial studies are already investigating the possibility of using optogenetics in humans for future therapeutic approaches for neuronal based diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, or to promote stroke recovery. In addition, optogenetic methods have already been successfully applied to a human in an experimental setting. Neuronal optogenetics also raises ethical and legal issues, e.g., in relation to, animal experiments, and its application in humans. Additional ethical and legal questions may arise when optogenetic methods are investigated on cerebral organoids. Thus, for the successful translation of optogenetics from basic research to medical practice, the ethical and legal questions of this technology must also be answered, because open ethical and legal questions can hamper the translation. The paper provides an overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by neuronal optogenetics. In addition, considering the technical prerequisites for translation, the paper shows consistent approaches to address these open questions. The paper also aims to support the interdisciplinary dialogue between scientists and physicians on the one hand, and ethicists and lawyers on the other, to enable an interdisciplinary coordinated realization of neuronal optogenetics.

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Naturalistic Conceptions of Human and Animal Rights: From Human Exceptionalism to Transspecies Universalism

Stucki

2023

SpringerBriefs in Law

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This chapter investigates whether the extension of human rights to animals can be placed on a sound conceptual footing. Can (nonhuman) animals have human rights? The starting point of this inquiry is the ‘traditional’ or ‘orthodox’ understanding of human rights, which is the naturalistic conception. This much can be said already: considering the contested nature and philosophical foundations of human rights, there cannot be a simple, let alone single, answer to the animal question.

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Animal Dignity and the Law: Potential, Problems and Possible Implications

Cited by 8 publications

References 62 publications

Impact of quality and transparency in scientific writing on the reduction of animal usage in experimental protocols: a review based in pertinent literature

Impact of quality and transparency in scientific writing on the reduction of animal usage in experimental protocols: a review based in pertinent literature

Ethics and regulation of neuronal optogenetics in the European Union

Naturalistic Conceptions of Human and Animal Rights: From Human Exceptionalism to Transspecies Universalism

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