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Do moral principles permit experimenting on nonconsenting beings?

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https://doi.org/10.5406/j.ctt2050vt5.22
Abstract

This chapter discusses the harmful and fatal use of non-consenting beings, in this case largely nonhuman animals, in research. It argues and demonstrates that normal human moral principles prohibit such use of these individuals.

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