Article ID: CBB859098442

An African ethical perspective on South Africa's regulatory frameworks governing animals in research (2022)

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In South Africa, there is currently no legislation that addresses animal experimentation directly. There is, however, a complex framework that consists of laws, national standards, and institutional guidelines governing the use of animals in scientific settings. Consequently, this paper starts by unpacking this framework, both legal and voluntary, in the South African context. Thereafter, it examines some criticisms against this framework. It subsequently proposes that an African ethic could respond to these criticisms, and so unpacks the central tenets of an African ethic in order to demonstrate how it may do this. Finally, it will argue that there are convincing moral reasons, from within an African framework, to significantly reduce, and even abolish, the use of animals in research, and that it should be enacted in legal regulations.

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Authors & Contributors
Kirk, Robert G. W.
Druglitrø, Tone
Hobson-West, Pru
Greenhough, Beth
Bertoloni Meli, Domenico
Filipecki, Ana Tereza Pinto
Journals
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Animal experimentation
Ethics
Laboratory animals
Science and technology studies (STS)
Human-animal relationships
Law and legislation
People
Haraway, Donna Jeanne
Magnus, Rudolf
Crichton, Derk
Watts, James
Bustad, Leo K.
Rademaker, Gysbertus (1887-1957)
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Early modern
17th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
Brazil
Tuscany (Italy)
Denmark
European Union
Italy
Institutions
Hanford Nuclear Site (Washington)
Royal Commission on Vivisection (1875)
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