School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
The Bronowski Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Coliban Medical Centre, Kyneton, VIC, 3444, Australia.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 Oct;25(5):1339-1355. doi: 10.1007/s11948-018-0066-9. Epub 2018 Sep 27.
Regulatory ethical frameworks governing animal experimentation are a hallmark of modern biology. While most countries have ethical standards regarding the use of animals for scientific purposes, experiments involving insects are not included in these standards. With studies in recent years suggesting that insects may possess faculties akin to emotive states, there is growing discussion surrounding the ethical implications of scientific experimentation involving insects. This paper explores some of the current evidence for the ability of insects to experience emotive states and highlights how current formal animal experimentation ethics frameworks are unnecessary for governing the use of insects for scientific purposes. At its conclusion, this paper discusses ways in which scientists can, and should, uniformly maximise the welfare of insects used in their experiments in a way that is of benefit to their science as well as to the dignity and welfare of their study organisms.
监管动物实验的伦理框架是现代生物学的标志。虽然大多数国家都有关于用动物进行科学目的的伦理标准，但这些标准并不包括涉及昆虫的实验。近年来的研究表明，昆虫可能具有类似情感状态的官能，因此围绕着涉及昆虫的科学实验的伦理含义的讨论也越来越多。本文探讨了昆虫体验情感状态的现有证据，并强调了为什么现行的正式动物实验伦理框架对于管理昆虫在科学研究中的应用是不必要的。本文最后讨论了科学家如何以及应该以一种既有益于他们的科学，又有益于他们的研究生物的尊严和福利的方式，统一最大限度地提高他们实验中使用的昆虫的福利。
