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The new European directive on animal experiments and the scale of sentient beings. From dualism to gradualism
Author(s) -
Catherine Rémy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
revue de primatologie
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2077-3757
DOI - 10.4000/primatologie.865
Subject(s) - dualism , gradualism , scale (ratio) , directive , philosophy , biology , epistemology , geography , computer science , paleontology , cartography , programming language
Au-delà d’une volonté de réduction des divergences entre pays européens, la nouvelle directive européenne en matière d’expérimentation animale attribue un statut spécifique aux primates non humains. Ce nouveau statut met en péril le geste de substitution qui se trouve au fondement de l’utilisation du "modèle animal". Par ailleurs, cette directive se traduit par l’instauration d’une échelle des êtres sensibles gradualiste qui actualise des tensions et débats récurrents au sein du monde de l’expérimentation animale. Besides the desire to reduce differences between European countries, the new European directive on animal experiments gives a special status to non-human primates. This new status undermines the act of substitution that is the basis for the use of "animal model". Moreover, this Directive results in the establishment of a gradualist scale of sentient beings which updates recurrent tensions and debates within the world of animal experimentation

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