JEMELKA, Petr and Martin GLUCHMAN. Anthropomorphism as a methodological problem of animal ethics (in the memory of Sir Patrick Bateson). Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe). Berlin: De Gruyter Open, 2017, vol. 7, 3-4, p. 169-176. ISSN 1338-5615. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0016.
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Original name Anthropomorphism as a methodological problem of animal ethics (in the memory of Sir Patrick Bateson)
Authors JEMELKA, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Martin GLUCHMAN (703 Slovakia).
Edition Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe), Berlin, De Gruyter Open, 2017, 1338-5615.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60302 Ethics
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14410/17:00099088
Organization unit Faculty of Education
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0016
Keywords in English bioethics; anthropomorphism; animal behaviour; pain; evolution
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The paper aims to highlight the serious methodological issue of contemporary zoological research and its bioethical implications (especially topics on the subject of animal ethics). In the discourse on the issue of the pain and suffering of animals and in derived questions, a certain form of anthropomorphism and reductionism is manifested. Ethical applications of empirical research results that are relevant to humans (or humans as an anatomically and physiologically analogous animal species - mammals) are preferred. Subsequently, these extrapolations serve as a criterion for judging the qualitative level of the capabilities of all animals (e.g. cephalopods, insects etc.). Serious ethical conclusions are drawn from this reduction.
Abstract (in Czech)
Příspěvek se zabývá vážným metodologickým problémem soudobého zoologického výzkumu a jeho bioetických aplikací (animal ethics). V diskursu o vnímání bolesti a utrpení živočichů se projevuje jistý antropomorfismus a redukcionismus. Spočívá v preferenci výsledků anatomického a fyziologického výzkumu na člověku a jemu blízkých živočišných druzích (zejm. savcích). Výsledkem je však redukcionistický přístup v etických závěrech o všech formách živočichů (např. hlavonožci, hmyz atd.).
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