Moral imagination in tissue engineering research on animal models.
Animal experimentation is an integrated part of tissue engineering research. This paper investigates what scientists conducting such experimentation should reasonably take into consideration from an ethical point of view. It is argued that scientists should use their moral imagination in making fundamental ethical choices, in reflecting on legal regulation, in taking public opinion seriously, and in balancing human benefit and animal harm as expected outcomes of the experiments.
Nordgren
Anders
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Section for Biomedical Ethics, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, Uppsala SE-751 85, Sweden. anders.nordgren@bioethics.uu.se
D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000941:ethics; D000818:Animals; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D009014:Morals; D011639:Public Opinion; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D012941:Social Responsibility; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards