Experimentación con animales: un examen de los argumentos en su defensa

• Oscar Horta ^[1] ; Angeles Cancino Rodezno ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Santiago de Compostela, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     México

     
• Localización: Crítica: revista hispanoamericana de filosofía, ISSN 0011-1503, Vol. 54, Nº. 161, 2022, págs. 71-94
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2022.1349
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  • español

    Este artículo examina de qué formas pueden defenderse conjuntamente los métodos de investigación con animales no humanos, el rechazo de los métodos que no impliquen el uso de animales, y la oposición a la experimentación con humanos. El artículo argumenta que la apelación a un salto axiológico o normativo entre el peso de los intereses humanos y de los animales no humanos tiene consecuencias inaceptables. A continuación, presenta otra serie de problemas implicados por las demás posiciones antropocéntricas. Finalmente, argumenta que, aun si se acepta el antropocentrismo, el peso agregado de los intereses de los animales acaba superando al del interés humano en utilizarlos.

  • English

    This paper examines the arguments used to claim that we should use nonhuman animals in research, rather than methods that do not involve animals, while we should reject human experimentation. The paper argues that the appeal to an axiological or a normative gap between the weight of the interests of humans and nonhuman animals has several unacceptable implications. It then points at a battery of problematic consequences that other anthropocentric positions have.

    Finally, the paper argues that even if anthropocentrism is correct, the aggregate weight of animals’ interests may prevail over that of human interest in using them

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