THE ETHICAL USE OF ANIMALS

Authors

  • Alcino Eduardo Bonella UFU/CNPq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v17i2.15835

Keywords:

, Ethics. Nonhuman animals. Animal experimentation.

Abstract

This article discusses the use of nonhuman animals in three related aspects: 1) factual aspects about the treatment that we, humans, dispense to other animals, especially in meat and animal experimentation industries; 2) evaluative issues about the ethics of this treatment as we see in the ethical arguments pro (Singer; Regan) and contra (Naverson; Cohen); 3) some practical aspects about what we should to do. The ethical evaluation gives fundaments to the practical aspects that we conclude, with suggestions of actions, in particular the replacement of animal experimentation (inherently harmful) for investigation with nonhuman subjects of research (inherently non harmful, or therapeutic).

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Author Biography

Alcino Eduardo Bonella, UFU/CNPq

Professor do Instituto de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) e pesquisador do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

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Published

2013-02-27

How to Cite

BONELLA, Alcino Eduardo. THE ETHICAL USE OF ANIMALS. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 17, n. 2, p. 11–41, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v17i2.15835. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/15835. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2012): Ethics and Analytical Philosophy

Section

Artigos Originais

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