Personhood for nonhuman primates: Revisiting the moral justification for animal experimentation

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dc.contributor.authorAldhshan, Muhammad Shaaban
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-15T19:23:17Z
dc.date.available2021-10-15T19:23:17Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-13
dc.date.submitted2021-10-14T23:37:18Zen_US
dc.description.abstractNearly every prescription medicine available today has been tested on animals. However, animal experimentation remains one of the most contentious aspects of biomedical research. While scientists strive to apply the replacement, reduction, and refinement principles, the use of animals in research has been increasing steadily due to a lack of universally accepted alternatives. Many animal rights groups argue that this shortage of alternatives is due to inadequate effort to create them. To many animal activists, the only morally permissible way forward is the total abolition of animal use in research. They see the legal personhood for nonhuman sentient animals, starting with nonhuman primates, as a means to an end. This commentary revisits the moral justification for animal experimentation from a contemporary philosophical viewpoint. It also discusses the concept of legal personhood for nonhuman animals and describes evolving alternatives that have the potential to replace animal experimentation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVancouveren_US
dc.identifier.issn2561-9578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/36044
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Manitoba Journal of Medicine (UMJM)en_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectUtilitarianismen_US
dc.subjectConsequentialismen_US
dc.subjectMoral personhooden_US
dc.subjectLegal Personhooden_US
dc.subjectMoral Patiencyen_US
dc.subjectNonhuman Primatesen_US
dc.subjectNHPsen_US
dc.subjectAnimal Experimentationen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19 Vaccinesen_US
dc.subjectUtilitarianism for Animals, Kantianism for Peopleen_US
dc.titlePersonhood for nonhuman primates: Revisiting the moral justification for animal experimentationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
local.author.affiliationRady Faculty of Health Sciencesen_US
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