The Road Not Mapped: The Neuroethics Roadmap on Research with Nonhuman Primates

We have arrived at an inflection point, a moment in history when the sentience, consciousness, intelligence, agency, and even the moral agency of many nonhuman animals can no longer be questioned without ignoring centuries of accumulated scientific knowledge. Nowhere is this more true than in our un...

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Published in:AJOB neuroscience 2020-07, Vol.11 (3), p.176-183
Main Author: Johnson, L. Syd M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animal ethics
Animals
Consciousness
Morals
neuroethics
Neurosciences
nonhuman primates
Primates
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Summary:We have arrived at an inflection point, a moment in history when the sentience, consciousness, intelligence, agency, and even the moral agency of many nonhuman animals can no longer be questioned without ignoring centuries of accumulated scientific knowledge. Nowhere is this more true than in our understanding of nonhuman primates (NHPs). A neuroethics committed to probing the ethical implications of brain research must be able to respond to and anticipate the challenges ahead as brain projects globally prepare to increase the use of NHPs in research. This requires adopting a less anthropocentric focus that includes nonhuman animals within its scope. But the Neuroethics Roadmap represents a missed opportunity to critically examine the future direction of research with NHPs in an ethically-responsive neuroscience.
ISSN:2150-7740
2150-7759
DOI:10.1080/21507740.2020.1778115