Category Research Ethics
Conflicts of Interest: The case of Diclectin
Naila Ramji advocates for the importance of clinical trial transparency.
Confronting a manifest injustice: toward chimpanzee rights
Andrew Fenton reflects on Judge Fahey’s recent concurring opinion on the Nonhuman Rights Project’s efforts to get two captive chimpanzees to sanctuary.
Between Evidence & Advocacy in Public Engagement
Shelly Benjaminy and Anthony Traboulsee reflect on effective public engagement in brain research.
Philosophers’ Brief on Chimpanzee Personhood
Andrew Fenton and L. Syd M Johnson report on the recent public release of an amicus brief supporting chimpanzee personhood, created by 17 philosophers as a part of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s efforts to get two captive chimpanzees to a sanctuary.
An Animal Bioethicist in Seattle
Andrew Fenton voices concerns about invisible unnecessary harm to non-human animals and a cost of ethical inconsistency.
