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Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience

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    Chapter 278 A Framework for Investigating Animal Consciousness
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    Chapter 279 Telos, Conservation of Welfare, and Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering of Animals
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    Chapter 318 Would the Elimination of the Capacity to Suffer Solve Ethical Dilemmas in Experimental Animal Research?
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    Chapter 319 Does the Goal Justify the Methods? Harm and Benefit in Neuroscience Research Using Animals.
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    Chapter 328 Ethical Issues Associated with the Use of Animal Experimentation in Behavioral Neuroscience Research
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    Chapter 329 The Use of Animal Models in Behavioural Neuroscience Research.
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    Chapter 333 What’s Special about the Ethical Challenges of Studying Disorders with Altered Brain Activity?
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    Chapter 334 How Does Enhancing Cognition Affect Human Values? How Does This Translate into Social Responsibility?
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    Chapter 335 Genetic Testing and Neuroimaging for Youth at Risk for Mental Illness: Trading off Benefit and Risk
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    Chapter 336 Deep Brain Stimulation: A Principled and Pragmatic Approach to Understanding the Ethical and Clinical Challenges of an Evolving Technology.
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    Chapter 337 Money and Morals : Ending Clinical Trials for Financial Reasons.
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    Chapter 338 Externalization of Consciousness. Scientific Possibilities and Clinical Implications
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    Chapter 339 Just Like a Circus: The Public Consumption of Sex Differences
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    Chapter 340 Ethical Issues and Ethical Therapy Associated with Anxiety Disorders
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    Chapter 342 Effects of Brain Lesions on Moral Agency: Ethical Dilemmas in Investigating Moral Behavior
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    Chapter 343 Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience : Ethics of Human Research in Behavioral Neuroscience: Overview of Section II.
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Chapter title
Would the Elimination of the Capacity to Suffer Solve Ethical Dilemmas in Experimental Animal Research?
Chapter number 318
Book title
Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience
Published in
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, June 2014
DOI 10.1007/7854_2014_318
Pubmed ID
Book ISBNs
978-3-66-244865-6, 978-3-66-244866-3
Authors

Adam Shriver

Editors

Grace Lee, Judy Illes, Frauke Ohl

Abstract

The use of genetic engineering to enhance the welfare of laboratory animals can reduce the amount of suffering in current neuroscience research paradigms. In particular, for some forms of basic research, we can use welfare-enhanced animals to reduce harms to animals without sacrificing any of the scientific validity. In another group of experiments, we can use welfare-enhanced animals to dramatically reduce the number of unprotected animals enduring aversive procedures. Many of the objections to using welfare-enhanced animals for food production do not apply to their use in research, since genetic knockout techniques are already used routinely in research for human ends and since there is no risk for human health. Furthermore, examples of recent knockout experiments suggest that we already have, or are very close to having, the capacity to reduce suffering in laboratories via genetic engineering. If we are truly committed to balancing the advancement of science with the welfare of animals, this option should be further explored.

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Unknown 22 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 27%
Student > Master 2 9%
Student > Postgraduate 2 9%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 5%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 7 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 4 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 9%
Unspecified 1 5%
Philosophy 1 5%
Other 4 18%
Unknown 8 36%
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