Doctoral Dissertation Research: Ethical Issues in Animal Experimentation

博士论文研究：动物实验的伦理问题

• 批准号: 1424484
• 负责人: Harriet Ritvo
• 金额: $ 1.57万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1424484&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Ethical; Issues

Under the supervision of Prof. Harriet Ritvo, Ph.D. student Shira Shmuely will examine the ways the legal regulation of animal experimentation has shaped science and, reciprocally, how scientific knowledge about animal sentience has shaped those legal regulations. The coPI will examine how humanistic values have been translated into laws governing animal welfare and the mechanisms by which such laws have been administered. Her focus is on how the ethical standpoint of utilitarianism utilizes science in the ethical calculus, as the primary mode of expertise about somatic function.In addition to resulting in a dissertation, this research will contribute to ongoing debates about animal welfare, and illuminate ethical issues in the life sciences and biotechnological research.

在哈里特Ritvo教授的监督下，博士学生Shira Shmuely将研究动物实验的法律的规定如何塑造科学，以及关于动物感知的科学知识如何塑造这些法律的规定。 该委员会将研究如何人文价值观已转化为法律管理动物福利和机制，这些法律已被管理。 她的重点是如何功利主义的伦理立场利用科学的伦理演算，作为主要模式的专业知识有关的躯体功能。除了导致在论文，这项研究将有助于正在进行的辩论有关动物福利，并阐明在生命科学和生物技术研究的伦理问题。