Genetic Engineering and the Integrity of Animals |
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Authors: | Rob De Vries |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Science, Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen & Centre for Ethics, Toernooiveld 1, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Genetic engineering evokes a number of objections that are not directed at the negative effects the technique might have on the health and welfare of the modified animals. The concept of animal integrity is often invoked to articulate these kind of objections. Moreover, in reaction to the advent of genetic engineering, the concept has been extended from the level of the individual animal to the level of the genome and of the species. However, the concept of animal integrity was not developed in the context of genetic engineering. Given this external origin, the aim of this paper is to critically examine the assumption that the concept of integrity, including its extensions to the level of the genome and the species, is suitable to articulate and justify moral objections more specifically directed at the genetic engineering of animals. |
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Keywords: | animal integrity duties towards animals genetic engineering of animals genetic integrity species integrity |
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