Overview
- 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-technical language accessible to non-specialists
Part of the book series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics (LEAF, volume 10)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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About this book
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 innovation and social change. The book should be of interest to scholars and citizens interested in the Internet or nanotechnology, while it remains an essential resource for understanding the twists and turns of debate over the role of molecular genetics in the transformation of the global food system.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective
Authors: Paul B. Thompson
Series Title: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5791-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5790-8Published: 27 March 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7446-1Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5791-5Published: 05 May 2007
Series ISSN: 1570-3010
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1737
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: X, 342
Additional Information: Originally published as monograph by Springer US
Topics: Food Science, Philosophy of Technology, Agriculture, Pragmatism