Animal Models in Neuropsychiatry: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Moral Costs?

Carrie Figdor

doi:10.1017/S0963180122000147

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Animal Models in Neuropsychiatry: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Moral Costs?

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Animal Models in Neuropsychiatry: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Moral Costs?

Carrie Figdor

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Vol.31(4), pp.530-535

11/18/2022

DOI: 10.1017/S0963180122000147

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Animal models have long been used to investigate human mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. This practice is usually justified in terms of the benefits (to humans) outweighing the costs (to the animals). The author argues on utility maximization grounds that we should phase out animal models in neuropsychiatric research. The leading theories of how human minds and behavior evolved invoke sociocultural factors whose relation to nonhuman minds, societies, and behavior has not been homologized. Thus, it is not at all clear that we are gaining the epistemic or clinical benefits we want from this animal-based research.

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Title: Subtitle: Animal Models in Neuropsychiatry: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Moral Costs?
Creators: Carrie Figdor - University of Iowa, Philosophy
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Vol.31(4), pp.530-535
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180122000147
ISSN: 0963-1801
eISSN: 1469-2147
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Date published: 11/18/2022
Academic Unit: Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Philosophy
Record Identifier: 9984315354502771

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