Article ID: CBB234825566

Companion Animals as Technologies in Biomedical Research (2018)

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In this paper we examine the use of companion animals (pets) in studies of drugs and devices aimed at human and animal health and situate it within the context of philosophy of technology. We argue that companion animals serve a unique role in illuminating just what it means to use biological technologies and examine the implications for human-animal relationships. Though philosophers have often treated animals as technologies, we argue that the biomedical use of companion animals presents a new configuration of ethical and technological concerns that deserves more attention. Though it seems that companion animals solve many of the ethical dilemmas caused by the use of laboratory animals, the use of companion animals presents its own set of ethical concerns. This paper contextualizes the use of companion animals in research.

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Authors & Contributors
Druglitrø, Tone
Friese, Carrie
Kirk, Robert G. W.
Ahuja, Neel
Dibley, Ben
Filipecki, Ana Tereza Pinto
Journals
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Ethics, Place and Environment
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Social Studies of Science
Engineering Studies
Publishers
University of California Press
Brock University (Canada)
Concepts
Human-animal relationships
Animals
Science and ethics
Laboratory animals
Biology and ethics; bioethics
Biomedicine
People
Carpenter, Clarence Ray
Deleuze, Gilles
Kingsford, Anna Bonus
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
Places
Brazil
Great Britain
European Union
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Institutions
Royal Commission on Vivisection (1875)
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