Examining the Ethics of Research in Animal Experimentation

Authors

  • Christopher O Akpan Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River, 540242, Nigeria
  • Joseph N Ogar Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River, 540242, Nigeria
  • Samuel A Department of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Animal rights, Animal experiment, Medical researc, Animal ethics

Abstract

Experimentation in animals is a scientific activity  that is essential to basic biological and medical  researchers. Yet this tends to create a classic  dilemma pertaining to acquisition of knowledge  for the good of mankind and the inducement of  burden and pains on animals. This has made  discussions on animal experimentation  controversial and often emotional. The burden  placed on animals, the results and potential  benefits therefore make studies and discussions  in Animal Ethics interesting but intriguing.  Animal Ethics raises several philosophical  questions about how we should understand  morality with regard to animals. This research is  a contribution to the discussion in the field of  animal ethics and experimentation. The work  sets out to question the morality of using animals  in experimental research and thereby provides  some kind of leaning toward animal rights. This  work employs the philosophical method of  critical analysis to arrive at its conclusion.  

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2020-07-12

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Vol. 39 No. 1 (2020): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences Zoology (Jan-Jun) 2020

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Examining the Ethics of Research in Animal Experimentation . (2020). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 39(1), 230–241. https://doi.org/10.48165/