NEUROSCIENCE AND THE PROBLEM OF OTHER ANIMAL MINDS: WHY IT MAY NOT MATTER SO MUCH FOR NEUROETHICS.

The article discusses neuroscientific study of the brain-mental-state identities of nonhuman animal minds. It is said that the problems of human treatment of animals as addressed by applied ethics are more important than the epistemological issue of animal minds for furthering better treatment and l...

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Publicado en:	Monist Vol. 95; no. 3; pp. 463 - 486
Autor principal:	Fenton, Andrew
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2012
Materias:	Animal psychology Neuroethics Other minds (Theory of knowledge) Animal welfare & ethics Applied ethics Captive wild animals Suffering Ethics
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Sumario:	The article discusses neuroscientific study of the brain-mental-state identities of nonhuman animal minds. It is said that the problems of human treatment of animals as addressed by applied ethics are more important than the epistemological issue of animal minds for furthering better treatment and lessening suffering of animals, including captive animals.