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Identifier 000462427
Title Η ηθική σημασία των εντόμων : βιοηθικά ζητήματα στον πειραματισμό με έντομα / Άγγελος Γ. Τσίκας.
Alternative Title The moral significance of insects : bioethical issues in experimental research with insects
Author Τσίκας, Άγγελος Γ.
Thesis advisor Τσινόρεμα Σταυρούλα
Reviewer Σαββάκης Χαράλαμπος
Βασιλογιάννης Φίλιππος
Abstract Insects are used as laboratory animals in life sciences research. However, in contrast to vertebrate laboratory animals and certain cephalopods, the ethics of the use of insects in research and their well-being are neither an object of high importance in most laboratory protocols, nor defined by legislation. Despite being the most numerous animal group in the planet, their moral significance seemσ to be without interest for philosophy, in contrast to other animals. Traditional philosophical theories do not deal with their case, while biocentric and ecocentric theories are arbitrary, accepting their intrinsic value axiomatically, making their arguments impossible to justificate. Their large population and their small size, combined with the uncertainty regarding their ability to experience pain, create many gaps in the effort to morally justify our actions that concern insects. In this thesis, the grounding of a deontocratic ethical theory for our behavior towards insects is attempted. An attempt is made to recognize their moral significance and to estimate their moral importance, as well as to rank them in the moral sphere together with other morally significant entities. With the recognition of the ethical importance of insects, the bioethical issues that arise when experimenting with insects are developed and attempts are made to answer any questions within the framework of the new deontocratic regulatory framework.
Language Greek
Subject Bioethical issues
Insects
Laboratory animals
Moral significance
Έντομα
Βιοηθικά ζητήματα
Ζώα εργαστηρίου
Ηθική σημασία
Issue date 2023-11-30
Collection   School/Department--School of Philosophy--Department of Philosophy & Social Studies--Post-graduate theses
  Type of Work--Post-graduate theses
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