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The topic of genetic modification of food has raised various ethical concerns among the consumers, environmentalist, farmers, scientists, and common citizens. The camps for and against the use of the modern technology in our food productions tend to base their arguments either on strict deontological moral principles or on the utilitarian calculation of overall harms and benefits. In this entry the different ethical viewpoints are introduced and their feasibility analyzed.
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Hellsten, S.K. (2016). Genetic Modification (GMOs): Food. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09483-0_211
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