Ethical Considerations of the Human–Animal-Relationship Under Conditions of Asymmetry and Ambivalence |
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Authors: | Silke Schicktanz |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Ethics, History and Theory in Medicine, University of Muenster, Germany |
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Abstract: | Ethical reflection deals not only with the moral standing and handling of animals, it should also include a critical analysis
of the underlying relationship. Anthropological, psychological, and sociological aspects of the human–animal-relationship
should be taken into account. Two conditions, asymmetry and ambivalence, are taken as the historical and empirical basis for
reflections on the human–animal-relationship in late modern societies. These conditions explain the variety of moral practice,
apart from paradoxes, and provide a framework to systematize animal ethical problems in a broader field. This allows the development
of ideal relationships as moral orientation across anthropocentric or sentientistic ethical theories. These ideal relationships
are called the patronage-model, the friendship-model and the partnership-model. The ethical problem of creating transgenic
animals is discussed in the light of these ideal relationships. |
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Keywords: | ambivalence animal biotechnology animal ethics asymmetry human– animal-relationship |
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