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La cuestión de las emociones animales
Frans B M de Waal1, Kristin Andrews2
1Psychology Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 24, 2022
Resumen
Este estudio explora si los animales, desde los invertebrados hasta los vertebrados, experimentan emociones. Se cuestiona si estas emociones animales tienen un significado moral, impactando las consideraciones éticas en el bienestar animal.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Comportamiento animal
- La ética
- La neurociencia
Sus antecedentes:
- La capacidad para la experiencia emocional subjetiva en animales no humanos es un debate de larga data.
- El conocimiento científico actual y los argumentos filosóficos son insuficientes para responder definitivamente a esta pregunta.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la evidencia de experiencias emocionales en una amplia gama de animales, incluidos los invertebrados.
- Para analizar las implicaciones morales si los animales poseen emociones.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de la literatura científica existente sobre la cognición y las emociones animales.
- Análisis filosófico de los marcos éticos relacionados con los seres sintientes.
- Neurobiología y etología comparativas.
Principales resultados:
- La evidencia emergente sugiere un espectro más amplio de capacidades emocionales en todos los taxones de lo que se suponía anteriormente.
- La presencia de emociones en los animales, particularmente los invertebrados, desafía los puntos de vista éticos antropocéntricos.
Conclusiones:
- El potencial de las emociones animales requiere una reevaluación de nuestras obligaciones morales hacia toda vida sensible.
- La investigación adicional sobre la sensibilidad animal es crucial para avanzar en el bienestar animal y el tratamiento ético.
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