Engineering the farm [[electronic resource] ] : ethical and social aspects of agricultural biotechnology / / edited by Britt Bailey, Marc Lappé

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783252103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-55963-040-X; 1-55963-947-4; 1-61091-067-2; 1-59726-869-0; 1-4175-9577-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BaileyBritt; LappéMarc
• Disciplina: 174/.96315233
• Soggetti: Genetic engineering - Social aspects; Agricultural biotechnology - Social aspects; Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects; Agricultural biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects; Tropics Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-171).
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""