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  • Neuroethics
  • Animal Cognition

Background:

  • Centuries of scientific evidence increasingly support the sentience, consciousness, intelligence, and agency of nonhuman animals.
  • Nonhuman primates (NHPs) are central to this discussion due to their complex cognitive abilities and close evolutionary relationship to humans.
  • Global brain initiatives are poised to expand research involving NHPs, necessitating ethical reevaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the critical juncture in understanding nonhuman animal cognition and its ethical implications.
  • To advocate for a neuroethics framework that incorporates the ethical considerations of nonhuman primate research.
  • To critique the current Neuroethics Roadmap for its failure to adequately address future research with NHPs.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of accumulated scientific knowledge on nonhuman animal sentience and intelligence.
  • Review of the scope and focus of current neuroethics frameworks, specifically the Neuroethics Roadmap.
  • Ethical critique of anthropocentric biases in neuroscience research planning.

Main Results:

  • The sentience, consciousness, intelligence, and agency of nonhuman animals, particularly NHPs, are scientifically undeniable.
  • Current neuroethics approaches, as exemplified by the Neuroethics Roadmap, often maintain an anthropocentric focus.
  • The Neuroethics Roadmap missed an opportunity to proactively address the ethical challenges of increased NHP research.

Conclusions:

  • Neuroethics must adopt a less anthropocentric perspective to ethically guide brain research involving nonhuman animals.
  • Future research directions and ethical guidelines must explicitly account for the cognitive and moral status of NHPs.
  • A more inclusive and responsive neuroethics is essential for navigating the future of neuroscience research with nonhuman primates.