Animal welfare issues in space settlement expeditions

IF 3 3区 管理学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Mattia Pozzebon
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The ongoing debate on space bioethics has thus far focused primarily on issues pertaining to human beings. However, in the existing literature there is a shortage of articles raising the issue of whether animals can be used for space settlement expeditions. Consequently, the aim of this article is to present some initial considerations regarding the ethics of using animals for this particular purpose. Specifically, four potential reasons for involving animals have been put forth. These can be categorised as follows: (1) to use animals as a food resource; (2) to use animals for research purposes; (3) to use animals for company purposes; and (4) to provide new habitats for those animals whose ecosystems on Earth are endangered. Within the afore-mentioned space bioethics debate, the possibility of genetically enhancing human beings has been a topic of considerable discussion. For this reason, the article also addresses the ethical implications of genetically enhancing the animals used in space expeditions. A Welfarist approach has been adopted to determine which uses of animals are ethically permissible and which are not, with the understanding that any use that compromises the animal’s ability to lead a good life is unacceptable. Accordingly, mere survival is not ethically relevant.

空间定居考察中的动物福利问题
目前关于空间生物伦理的辩论迄今主要集中在与人类有关的问题上。然而,在现有文献中,提出是否可以利用动物进行空间定居考察这一问题的文章并不多。因此,本文旨在就这一特殊目的使用动物的伦理问题提出一些初步的考虑。具体来说,本文提出了使用动物的四个潜在原因。这些原因可分为以下几类:(1) 将动物作为食物资源;(2) 将动物用于研究目的;(3) 将动物用于公司目的;(4) 为地球上生态系统濒临灭绝的动物提供新的栖息地。在上述空间生物伦理辩论中,从基因上增强人类的可能性一直是一个讨论较多的话题。因此,本文也讨论了对用于太空探险的动物进行基因强化所涉及的伦理问题。本文采用了福利主义的方法来确定动物的哪些用途在伦理上是允许的,哪些是不允许的,但有一项谅解,即任何损害动物过上美好生活的能力的用途都是不可接受的。因此,单纯的生存与伦理无关。
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Futures
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期刊介绍: Futures is an international, refereed, multidisciplinary journal concerned with medium and long-term futures of cultures and societies, science and technology, economics and politics, environment and the planet and individuals and humanity. Covering methods and practices of futures studies, the journal seeks to examine possible and alternative futures of all human endeavours. Futures seeks to promote divergent and pluralistic visions, ideas and opinions about the future. The editors do not necessarily agree with the views expressed in the pages of Futures
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