To Regulate or Not to Regulate? The Future of Animal Ethics in Experimental Research with Insects
To Regulate or Not to Regulate? The Future of Animal Ethics in Experimental Research with Insects
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DOI：
10.1007/s11948-018-0066-9
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发表时间：
2019-10-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Freelance, Christopher B.
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作者：
Freelance, Christopher B.
管理动物实验的监管伦理框架是现代生物学的一个标志。虽然大多数国家都有关于将动物用于科学目的的道德标准，但涉及昆虫的实验不包括在这些标准中。近年来的研究表明昆虫可能具有类似于情绪状态的能力，因此围绕昆虫科学实验的伦理影响的讨论越来越多。本文探讨了昆虫体验情绪状态能力的一些当前证据，并强调了当前正式的动物实验伦理框架对于管理昆虫的科学用途是不必要的。最后，本文讨论了科学家可以并且应该以有利于他们的科学以及研究生物体的尊严和福利的方式统一最大化实验中使用的昆虫的福利的方法。
Regulatory ethical frameworks governing animal experimentation are a hallmark of modern biology. While most countries have ethical standards regarding the use of animals for scientific purposes, experiments involving insects are not included in these standards. With studies in recent years suggesting that insects may possess faculties akin to emotive states, there is growing discussion surrounding the ethical implications of scientific experimentation involving insects. This paper explores some of the current evidence for the ability of insects to experience emotive states and highlights how current formal animal experimentation ethics frameworks are unnecessary for governing the use of insects for scientific purposes. At its conclusion, this paper discusses ways in which scientists can, and should, uniformly maximise the welfare of insects used in their experiments in a way that is of benefit to their science as well as to the dignity and welfare of their study organisms.