“Animal-based research should be held to the highest ethical standards” is becoming an increasingly common refrain. Though I think such a commitment is what we should expect of those using animals in science, much as we would if the participants were humans, some key insights of discussions in applied ethics and moral philosophy only seem to slowly impact what reasonably qualifies as the highest standards in animal research ethics. Early in my paper, I will explain some of these insights and loosely tie them to animal research ethics. Two emergent practices in laboratory animal science, positive reinforcement training and “rehoming,” will then be discussed, and I will defend the view that both should be mandatory on no more ethical grounds than what is outlined in the first section. I will also provide reasons for foregrounding the moral significance of dissent and why, most of the time, an animal research subject’s sustained dissent should be respected. Taken together, what I will defend promises to change how at least some animals are used in science and what happens to them afterwards. But I will also show how an objective ethics requires nothing less. Ignoring these constraints in the scientific use of animals comes at the cost of abandoning any claim to adhering to our highest ethical standards and, arguably, any claim to the moral legitimacy of such scientific use.

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以我们最高的道德标准进行基于动物的研究：重新审视两种新兴的实验室实践和研究动物异议的道德意义

“以动物为基础的研究应该遵守最高的道德标准”正在成为一种越来越普遍的说法。虽然我认为这样的承诺是我们应该对那些在科学中使用动物的人所期望的，就像参与者是人类一样，但应用伦理学和道德哲学讨论中的一些关键见解似乎只会慢慢影响合理地被认为是最高的动物研究伦理标准。在我论文的开头，我将解释其中的一些见解，并将它们与动物研究伦理松散地联系起来。然后将讨论实验动物科学中的两种新兴实践，积极强化训练和“重新归巢”，我将捍卫这样的观点，即两者都应该是强制性的，而不是第一节中概述的道德理由。我还将提供突出异议的道德意义的理由，以及为什么在大多数情况下应该尊重动物研究对象的持续异议。总而言之，我将捍卫的承诺至少会改变一些动物在科学中的使用方式以及它们之后会发生什么。但我也将展示客观伦理是如何要求的。忽视动物科学使用中的这些限制是以放弃任何坚持我们最高道德标准的主张为代价的，并且可以说，放弃对这种科学使用的道德合法性的任何主张。但我也将展示客观伦理是如何要求的。忽视动物科学使用中的这些限制是以放弃任何坚持我们最高道德标准的主张为代价的，并且可以说，放弃对这种科学使用的道德合法性的任何主张。