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A comprehensive, clearly written and impartial introduction to food
ethics and widely used in its first edition No prior knowledge of
either ethics or food studies is assumed on the part of the reader,
all terms are explained clearly Second edition is thoroughly
updated, with many new real world examples, a new chapter on food
and justice and new material on food and technology and the role of
government intervention in food choices
A comprehensive, clearly written and impartial introduction to food
ethics and widely used in its first edition No prior knowledge of
either ethics or food studies is assumed on the part of the reader,
all terms are explained clearly Second edition is thoroughly
updated, with many new real world examples, a new chapter on food
and justice and new material on food and technology and the role of
government intervention in food choices
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in
recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to
intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems.
An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems
are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering
perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the
pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation
cloning. In human health contexts, it is exemplified in the
development of synthetic biology, bionanotechnology, and human
enhancement technologies. Designer Biology: The Ethics of
Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists
of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection)
that address the ethical issues raised by technological
intervention and design across a broad range of biological and
ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are
geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic
modification, and synthetic biology. The aim of the collection is
to advance and enrich our understanding of the ethical issues
raised by these technologies, as well as to identify general
lessons about the ethics of engineering complex biological and
ecological systems that can be applied as new technologies and
practices emerge. The insights that emerge will be especially
valuable to students and scholars of environmental ethics,
bioethics, or technology ethics.
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in
recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to
intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems.
An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems
are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering
perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the
pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation
cloning. In human health contexts, it is exemplified in the
development of synthetic biology, bionanotechnology, and human
enhancement technologies. Designer Biology: The Ethics of
Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists
of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection)
that address the ethical issues raised by technological
intervention and design across a broad range of biological and
ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are
geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic
modification, and synthetic biology. This collection advances and
enriches our understanding of the ethical issues raised by these
technologies and identifies general lessons about the ethics of
engineering complex biological and ecological systems that can be
applied as new technologies and practices emerge. The insights that
emerge will be especially valuable to students and scholars of
environmental ethics, bioethics, or technology ethics.
Food Ethics: The Basics is a concise yet comprehensive introduction
to the ethical dimensions of the production and consumption of
food. It offers an impartial exploration of the most prominent
ethical questions relating to food and agriculture including: *
Should we eat animals? * Are locally produced foods ethically
superior to globally sourced foods? * Do people in affluent nations
have a responsibility to help reduce global hunger? * Should we
embrace bioengineered foods? * What should be the role of
government in promoting food safety and public health? Using
extensive data and real world examples, as well as providing
suggestions for further reading, Food Ethics: The Basics is an
ideal introduction for anyone interested in the ethics of food.
We are causing species to go extinct at extraordinary rates,
altering existing species in unprecedented ways and creating
entirely new species. More than ever before, we require an ethic of
species to guide our interactions with them. In this book, Ronald
L. Sandler examines the value of species and the ethical
significance of species boundaries and discusses what these mean
for species preservation in the light of global climate change,
species engineering and human enhancement. He argues that species
possess several varieties of value, but they are not sacred. It is
sometimes permissible to alter species, let them go extinct (even
when we are a cause of the extinction) and invent new ones.
Philosophically rigorous, accessible and illustrated with examples
drawn from contemporary science, this book will be of interest to
students of philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics and
conservation biology.
We are causing species to go extinct at extraordinary rates,
altering existing species in unprecedented ways and creating
entirely new species. More than ever before, we require an ethic of
species to guide our interactions with them. In this book, Ronald
L. Sandler examines the value of species and the ethical
significance of species boundaries and discusses what these mean
for species preservation in the light of global climate change,
species engineering and human enhancement. He argues that species
possess several varieties of value, but they are not sacred. It is
sometimes permissible to alter species, let them go extinct (even
when we are a cause of the extinction) and invent new ones.
Philosophically rigorous, accessible and illustrated with examples
drawn from contemporary science, this book will be of interest to
students of philosophy, bioethics, environmental ethics and
conservation biology.
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