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Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective

Edited By: Paul B. Thompson
514 pages
Publisher: Springer Nature
Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective
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  • Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective ISBN: 9781402057908 Edition: 2 Hardback Mar 2007 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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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.

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What is happening to food?; the presumptive case for food biotechnology; biotechnology policy and the problem of unintended consequences; food safety and the ethics of dissent; animal health and welfare; 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.

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Edited By: Paul B. Thompson
514 pages
Publisher: Springer Nature
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