Engineering the farm : ethical and social aspects of agricultural biotechnology / edited by Britt Bailey and Marc Lappé.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bailey, Britt.

Lappé, Marc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetic engineering--Social aspects.

Genetic engineering.

Agricultural biotechnology--Social aspects.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.

Agricultural biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

xix, 202 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2002]

Summary:

Engineering the Farm is a wide-ranging examination of the social and ethical issues surrounding the production and consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with leading thinkers and activists taking a broad theoretical approach to the subject. Contributors argue that the scope, scale, and size of the present venture in crop modification is so vast and intensive that a thoroughgoing review of agricultural biotechnology must consider its global, moral, cultural, and ecological impacts as well as its effects on individual consumers.

Contents:

Introduction.: GMOs, Luddites, and Concerned Citizens / Marc Lappe, Britt Bailey 1

Chapter 1. Ethical Issues Involving the Production, Planting, and Distribution of Genetically Modified Crops / Sheldon Krimsky 11

Chapter 2. Why Food Biotechnology Needs an Opt Out / Paul B. Thompson 27

Chapter 3. A Naturalist Looks at Agricultural Biotechnology / Brewster Kneen 45

Chapter 4. When Transgenes Wander, Should We Worry? / Norman C. Ellstrand 61

Chapter 5. Patents, Plants, and People: The Need for a New Ethical Paradigm / Lori B. Andrews 67

Chapter 6. Taking Seriously the Claim That Genetic Engineering Could End Hunger: A Critical Analysis / Peter Rosset 81

Chapter 7. The European Response to GM Foods: Rethinking Food Governance / David Barling 95

Chapter 8. A Societal Role for Assessing the Safety of Bioengineered Foods / Britt Bailey 113

Chapter 9. Learning to Speak Ethics in Technological Debates / Carolyn Raffensperger 125

Chapter 10. A Perspective on Anti-Biotechnology Convictions / Marc Lappe 135

Afterword.: The Biotech Distraction / Frances Moore Lappe 157

Appendix A. In Defense of the Precautionary Principle / Carolyn Raffensperger, Katherine Barrett 161

Appendix B. A Declaration of Bioethics and Agricultural Biotechnology / Marc Lappe, Phil Bereano 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.

ISBN:

1559639466

1559639474

OCLC:

49276998