Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Thompson, Paul B. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Σειρά: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 10
• Θέματα: Chemistry.; Food > Biotechnology.; Philosophy.; Pragmatism.; Agriculture.; Food Science.; Philosophy of Technology.

Agrifood biotechnology—the genetic transformation of plants and animals through recombinant means—has created controversy in the food system for more than twenty years. This thoroughly revised and amended edition of Paul B. Thompson’s path breaking study of ethical and philosophical issues raised by...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Ethical Perspectives on Agri-Food Biotechnology
• The Presumptive Case for Food Biotechnology
• Biotechnology Policy and the Problem of Unintended Consequences
• Food Safety and the Ethics of Consent
• Animal Health and Welfare
• Ethical Issues in Livestock Cloning
• Ethics and Environmental Impact
• Social Consequences
• Conceptions of Property and the Biotechnology Debate
• Religious and Metaphysical Opposition to Biotechnology
• Communication, Education and the Problem of Trust.