Ethics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspective

This paper first explores 3 philosophical bases for attitudes to invertebrates, Contractarian/Kantian, Utilitarian, and Rights-based, and what they lead us to conclude about how we use and care for these animals. We next discuss the problems of evaluating pain and suffering in invertebrates, pointin...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Diseases of aquatic organisms 2007-05, Vol.75 (2), p.119-129
Main Authors: Mather, Jennifer A, Anderson, Roland C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Welfare - ethics
Animals
Aquaculture - ethics
Awareness - ethics
Behavior, Animal
Cephalopoda - physiology
Invertebrata
Learning
Marine
Pain - veterinary
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c349t-d2d5f27dfcc0fc4f8a51dd0c1458c668055325821f0d61a4440190ab4b91d5563
cites
container_end_page 129
container_issue 2
container_start_page 119
container_title Diseases of aquatic organisms
container_volume 75
creator Mather, Jennifer A
Anderson, Roland C
description This paper first explores 3 philosophical bases for attitudes to invertebrates, Contractarian/Kantian, Utilitarian, and Rights-based, and what they lead us to conclude about how we use and care for these animals. We next discuss the problems of evaluating pain and suffering in invertebrates, pointing out that physiological responses to stress are widely similar across the animal kingdom and that most animals show behavioral responses to potentially painful stimuli. Since cephalopods are often used as a test group for consideration of pain, distress and proper conditions for captivity and handling, we evaluate their behavioral and cognitive capacities. Given these capacities, we then discuss practical issues: minimization of their pain and suffering during harvesting for food; ensuring that captive cephalopods are properly cared for, stimulated and allowed to live as full a life as possible; and, lastly, working for their conservation.
doi_str_mv 10.3354/dao075119
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70616723</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>70616723</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c349t-d2d5f27dfcc0fc4f8a51dd0c1458c668055325821f0d61a4440190ab4b91d5563</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqF0E1Lw0AQxvFFFBurB7-A5CR4iM7s7mQTb1LqCxS86Dls9oVG0ibupgW_vZEGPXqay48H5s_YJcKtECTvrO5AEWJ5xBLMMc-QCjhmCaBSGSGIGTuL8QMAeUl4ymaoSBWcMGF8OawbE1O9tWmz3bswuDrowcX7VKfG9Wvddn1n096F2DszNHt3zk68bqO7mO6cvT8u3xbP2er16WXxsMqMkOWQWW7Jc2W9MeCN9IUmtBYMSipMnhdAJDgVHD3YHLWUErAEXcu6REuUizm7Puz2ofvcuThUmyYa17Z667pdrBSMryou_oUceCmQ5AhvDtCELsbgfNWHZqPDV4VQ_ZSsfkuO9moa3dUbZ__klE58A9bnbKg</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>20293154</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Ethics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspective</title><source>Freely Accessible Science Journals - check A-Z of ejournals</source><creator>Mather, Jennifer A ; Anderson, Roland C</creator><creatorcontrib>Mather, Jennifer A ; Anderson, Roland C</creatorcontrib><description>This paper first explores 3 philosophical bases for attitudes to invertebrates, Contractarian/Kantian, Utilitarian, and Rights-based, and what they lead us to conclude about how we use and care for these animals. We next discuss the problems of evaluating pain and suffering in invertebrates, pointing out that physiological responses to stress are widely similar across the animal kingdom and that most animals show behavioral responses to potentially painful stimuli. Since cephalopods are often used as a test group for consideration of pain, distress and proper conditions for captivity and handling, we evaluate their behavioral and cognitive capacities. Given these capacities, we then discuss practical issues: minimization of their pain and suffering during harvesting for food; ensuring that captive cephalopods are properly cared for, stimulated and allowed to live as full a life as possible; and, lastly, working for their conservation.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0177-5103</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1616-1580</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.3354/dao075119</identifier><identifier>PMID: 17578251</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Germany</publisher><subject>Animal Welfare - ethics ; Animals ; Aquaculture - ethics ; Awareness - ethics ; Behavior, Animal ; Cephalopoda - physiology ; Invertebrata ; Learning ; Marine ; Pain - veterinary</subject><ispartof>Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2007-05, Vol.75 (2), p.119-129</ispartof><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c349t-d2d5f27dfcc0fc4f8a51dd0c1458c668055325821f0d61a4440190ab4b91d5563</citedby></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,27924,27925</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17578251$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Mather, Jennifer A</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Anderson, Roland C</creatorcontrib><title>Ethics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspective</title><title>Diseases of aquatic organisms</title><addtitle>Dis Aquat Organ</addtitle><description>This paper first explores 3 philosophical bases for attitudes to invertebrates, Contractarian/Kantian, Utilitarian, and Rights-based, and what they lead us to conclude about how we use and care for these animals. We next discuss the problems of evaluating pain and suffering in invertebrates, pointing out that physiological responses to stress are widely similar across the animal kingdom and that most animals show behavioral responses to potentially painful stimuli. Since cephalopods are often used as a test group for consideration of pain, distress and proper conditions for captivity and handling, we evaluate their behavioral and cognitive capacities. Given these capacities, we then discuss practical issues: minimization of their pain and suffering during harvesting for food; ensuring that captive cephalopods are properly cared for, stimulated and allowed to live as full a life as possible; and, lastly, working for their conservation.</description><subject>Animal Welfare - ethics</subject><subject>Animals</subject><subject>Aquaculture - ethics</subject><subject>Awareness - ethics</subject><subject>Behavior, Animal</subject><subject>Cephalopoda - physiology</subject><subject>Invertebrata</subject><subject>Learning</subject><subject>Marine</subject><subject>Pain - veterinary</subject><issn>0177-5103</issn><issn>1616-1580</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2007</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNqF0E1Lw0AQxvFFFBurB7-A5CR4iM7s7mQTb1LqCxS86Dls9oVG0ibupgW_vZEGPXqay48H5s_YJcKtECTvrO5AEWJ5xBLMMc-QCjhmCaBSGSGIGTuL8QMAeUl4ymaoSBWcMGF8OawbE1O9tWmz3bswuDrowcX7VKfG9Wvddn1n096F2DszNHt3zk68bqO7mO6cvT8u3xbP2er16WXxsMqMkOWQWW7Jc2W9MeCN9IUmtBYMSipMnhdAJDgVHD3YHLWUErAEXcu6REuUizm7Puz2ofvcuThUmyYa17Z667pdrBSMryou_oUceCmQ5AhvDtCELsbgfNWHZqPDV4VQ_ZSsfkuO9moa3dUbZ__klE58A9bnbKg</recordid><startdate>20070504</startdate><enddate>20070504</enddate><creator>Mather, Jennifer A</creator><creator>Anderson, Roland C</creator><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>7TN</scope><scope>F1W</scope><scope>H95</scope><scope>L.G</scope><scope>7X8</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20070504</creationdate><title>Ethics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspective</title><author>Mather, Jennifer A ; Anderson, Roland C</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c349t-d2d5f27dfcc0fc4f8a51dd0c1458c668055325821f0d61a4440190ab4b91d5563</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2007</creationdate><topic>Animal Welfare - ethics</topic><topic>Animals</topic><topic>Aquaculture - ethics</topic><topic>Awareness - ethics</topic><topic>Behavior, Animal</topic><topic>Cephalopoda - physiology</topic><topic>Invertebrata</topic><topic>Learning</topic><topic>Marine</topic><topic>Pain - veterinary</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Mather, Jennifer A</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Anderson, Roland C</creatorcontrib><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Oceanic Abstracts</collection><collection>ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts</collection><collection>Aquatic Science &amp; Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences &amp; Living Resources</collection><collection>Aquatic Science &amp; Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) Professional</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><jtitle>Diseases of aquatic organisms</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Mather, Jennifer A</au><au>Anderson, Roland C</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Ethics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspective</atitle><jtitle>Diseases of aquatic organisms</jtitle><addtitle>Dis Aquat Organ</addtitle><date>2007-05-04</date><risdate>2007</risdate><volume>75</volume><issue>2</issue><spage>119</spage><epage>129</epage><pages>119-129</pages><issn>0177-5103</issn><eissn>1616-1580</eissn><abstract>This paper first explores 3 philosophical bases for attitudes to invertebrates, Contractarian/Kantian, Utilitarian, and Rights-based, and what they lead us to conclude about how we use and care for these animals. We next discuss the problems of evaluating pain and suffering in invertebrates, pointing out that physiological responses to stress are widely similar across the animal kingdom and that most animals show behavioral responses to potentially painful stimuli. Since cephalopods are often used as a test group for consideration of pain, distress and proper conditions for captivity and handling, we evaluate their behavioral and cognitive capacities. Given these capacities, we then discuss practical issues: minimization of their pain and suffering during harvesting for food; ensuring that captive cephalopods are properly cared for, stimulated and allowed to live as full a life as possible; and, lastly, working for their conservation.</abstract><cop>Germany</cop><pmid>17578251</pmid><doi>10.3354/dao075119</doi><tpages>11</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0177-5103
ispartof Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2007-05, Vol.75 (2), p.119-129
issn 0177-5103
1616-1580
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70616723
source Freely Accessible Science Journals - check A-Z of ejournals
subjects Animal Welfare - ethics
Animals
Aquaculture - ethics
Awareness - ethics
Behavior, Animal
Cephalopoda - physiology
Invertebrata
Learning
Marine
Pain - veterinary
title Ethics and invertebrates: a cephalopod perspective
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-01T00%3A29%3A39IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Ethics%20and%20invertebrates:%20a%20cephalopod%20perspective&rft.jtitle=Diseases%20of%20aquatic%20organisms&rft.au=Mather,%20Jennifer%20A&rft.date=2007-05-04&rft.volume=75&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=119&rft.epage=129&rft.pages=119-129&rft.issn=0177-5103&rft.eissn=1616-1580&rft_id=info:doi/10.3354/dao075119&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E70616723%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c349t-d2d5f27dfcc0fc4f8a51dd0c1458c668055325821f0d61a4440190ab4b91d5563%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=20293154&rft_id=info:pmid/17578251&rfr_iscdi=true