Views on the moral status and permissibility of research on neural human animal chimeras vary. These commentaries reflect the plurality and complexity within and between religious dis- courses of our relationships with other species. In this paper scholars representing eight major religious traditions provide a brief commentary on a hypothet- ical case concerning the development and use of prenatal human–animal chimeric primates in medical research. Even as bioethicists find fewer reasons to be troubled by most types of chimeric organisms, social attitudes towards the non-human world are often influenced by religious beliefs. The existence of potential mentally complex beings with human and non-human neural apparatus raises fun- damental questions as to the ethical permissibility of chimeric research and the moral status of the creatures it creates.
To fairly balance animal-industry sources and the anthropocentric biases that are traditionally inherent in news requires that journalists select less objectifying language and more appropriate human sources without a vested interest in how animals are used.Įfforts to advance our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases involve the creation chi- meric organisms from human neural stem cells and primate embryos-known as prenatal chimeras. This essay provides justification and guidance on why and how this can be accomplished, recommending that, when writing about nonhuman animals or issues, journalists should: (1) observe, listen to, and communicate with animals and convey this information to audiences via detailed descriptions and audiovisual media, (2) interpret nonhuman animal behavior and communication to provide context and meaning, and (3) incorporate the animals’ stories and perspectives, and consider what is in their best interest. As part of journalism's commitment to truth and justice by providing a diversity of relevant points of view, journalists have an obligation to provide the perspective of nonhuman animals in everyday stories that influence the animals’ and our lives.
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