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Before making any specific recommendations regarding the ethical limits for the use of animals as models in toxicology we want to make explicit the general ethical view on the basis of which these recommendations are made. This view will be referred to as the animal welfare view. It may be presented by way of contrast with two other views, the self-interest view and the animal rights view. These two views are in most respects opposed to one another, but they have in common a tendency to give very simple answers to questions about the ethical limits which should be placed on man’s use of animals, including laboratory animals.
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Sandøe, P., Svendsen, O. (1998). Animal Burdens versus Human Benefits — How Should the Ethical Limits be Drawn for Use of Animals as Models in Toxicology?. In: Seiler, J.P., Autrup, J.L., Autrup, H. (eds) Diversification in Toxicology — Man and Environment. Archives of Toxicology, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46856-8_3
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