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The Ethics of Animal Re-creation and Modification : Reviving, Rewilding, Restoring / edited by M. Oksanen, H. Siipi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Ethics.
- Biochemistry.
- Philosophy of Science.
- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
- Local Subjects:
- Philosophy of Science.
- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
- Biochemistry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Would it be cool to see woolly mammoth alive one day? Disappeared species have always fascinated the human mind. A new discussion of using genomic technologies to reverse extinction and to help in conservation has been sparked. This volume studies the question philosophically.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction: Towards a Philosophy of Resurrection Science; 1 Can We Really Re-create an Extinct Species by Cloning? A Metaphysical Analysis; 2 The Restorationist Argument for Extinction Reversal; 3 What's So Special about Reconstructing a Mammoth? Ethics of Breeding and Biotechnology in Re-creating Extinct Species; 4 The Authenticity of Animals; 5 Bioengineered Domestication: 'Wild Pets' as Species Conservation?; 6 From Protection to Restoration: A Matter of Responsible Precaution
- 7 Just Fake It! Public Understanding of Ecological Restoration8 Biodiversity and the Value of Human Involvement; Epilogue; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137337641
- 1137337648
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