书目名称 | Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective |
编辑 | Paul B. Thompson |
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概述 | offers an original and provocative approach to the ethical analysis of technological risk.presents an update of the most frequently cited philosophical book on agrifood biotechnology.is written in non |
丛书名称 | The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics |
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描述 | .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 this technology up to date. The original 1997 edition was the first book length treatment by a philosopher to focus on food and agricultural biotechnology, covering ethical issues associated with risk assessment, labelling, animal transformation, patents, and the impact of biotechnology on traditional farming communities in both the developed and developing world. The new edition reflects lessons from the hotly contested debates over those issues in the intervening decade, and includes wholly new discussions on ethical issues associated with livestock cloning, the Precautionary Principle, and the transatlantic debate between United States and European perspectives on biotechnology. Thompson’s unique and insightful approach to addressing the risks and questions of public acceptability associated with novel technology stands as a model for anyone interested in technological innovatio |
出版日期 | Book 2007Latest edition |
关键词 | Ethics,; agriculture; biotechnology; ethics; food; genetics; risk |
版次 | 2 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5791-1 |
isbn_softcover | 978-90-481-7446-1 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-5791-5Series ISSN 1570-3010 Series E-ISSN 2215-1737 |
issn_series | 1570-3010 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 |