Ética e invertebrados: : análisis de los casos de los cefalópodos y equinodermos

Crespi-Abril Crespi-Abril; Tamara  Rubilar

Authors

Crespi-Abril Crespi-Abril
Tamara Rubilar

Keywords:

reflection, pain, ethics, animals

Abstract

There are different ethical approaches in regarding Nature, however, invertebrates are rarely considered from an ethical perspective. Invertebrates represent more than 90% of the species that inhabit our entire planet. Since they are easy to reproduce and keep them alive under laboratory conditions, are widely used in scientific research. Invertebrates are versatile to be used as biological models of different species including humans. However, the ethical reflection around them varies enormously. In this work, we focus on two groups of invertebrates: echinoderms and cephalopods. These groups of animals are evolutionarily very distant from each other and also present different level of moral consideration by humans. However, echinoderms are closer to humans than cephalopods. With this work it is our intention to generate in the reader a responsible reflection on the criteria currently used to consider which animals should be considered morally, and propose an alternative path.

Author Biographies

Crespi-Abril Crespi-Abril

Dr. en Biología, Laboratorio de Oceanografía Biológica (LOBio), Centro para el Estudio de los Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR-CONICET).
Tamara Rubilar

Dra. en Biología, Laboratorio de Oceanografía Biológica (LOBio), Centro para el Estudio de los Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR-CONICET).

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