RT Article
T1 Animal Models in Neuropsychiatry: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Moral Costs?
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 31
IS 4
SP 530
OP 535
A1 Figdor, Carrie
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827987758
AB Animal models have long been used to investigate human mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. This practice is usually justified in terms of the benefits (to humans) outweighing the costs (to the animals). The author argues on utility maximization grounds that we should phase out animal models in neuropsychiatric research. The leading theories of how human minds and behavior evolved invoke sociocultural factors whose relation to nonhuman minds, societies, and behavior has not been homologized. Thus, it is not at all clear that we are gaining the epistemic or clinical benefits we want from this animal-based research.
K1 research ethics
K1 neuropsychiatry
K1 animal models
K1 Neuroethics
DO 10.1017/S0963180122000147