Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Thompson, Paul B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2007, 2007
Edition:2nd ed. 2007
Series:The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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