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Engineering the farm : ethical and social aspects of agricultural biotechnology / edited by Britt Bailey, Marc Lappe.
- Format:
- Book
- 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:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Race to Save the Tropics documents the conflict between economic development and protection of biological diversity in tropical countries.
- Contents:
- ""About Island Press""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Ackowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: GMOs, Luddites, and Concerned Citizens""; ""Ch 1: Ethical Issues Involving the Production, Planting, and Distribution of Genetically Modified Crops""; ""Ch 2: Why Foor Biotechnology Needs and Opt Out""; ""Ch 3: A Naturalist Looks at agriculture Biotechnology""; ""Ch 4: When Transgenes Wander, Should We Worry?""; ""Ch 5: Patents, Plants, and People: The Need for a New Ethical Paradigm""
- ""Ch 6: Taking Seriously the Claim that Genetic Engineering Could End Hunger: A Critical Analysis""""Ch 7: The European Response to GM Foods: Rethinking Food Governance""; ""Ch 8: A Societal Role for Assessing the Safety of Bioengineered Foods""; ""Ch 9: Learning to Speak Ethics in Technological Debates""; ""Ch 10: A Perspective on Anti-Biotechnology Convictions""; ""Afterword: The Biotech Distraction""; ""Appendix A: In Defense of the Precautionary Principle""; ""Appensix B: A Declaration of Bioethics and Agricultural Biotechnology""; ""Notes""; ""Introduction & Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""
- ""Chapter 3 & 4""""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Appendix A""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Island Press Board of Directors 2002""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-171).
- ISBN:
- 9781559639477
- 1559639474
- 9781610910675
- 1610910672
- 9781417595778
- 1417595779
- OCLC:
- 847868263
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