Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeAcknowledgments for the second edition.- Acknowledgments for the First Edition.- Contributors.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Introduction to the Second Edition.- Introduction to the First Edition.- PART I: Ethical reasoning.- 1. Ethics.- 2. Religion.- 3. Reasoning.- 4. Method.- PART II: Life Science Ethics.- 5. Environment.- 6. Land.- 7. Farms.- 8. Food.- 9. Biotechnology.- 10. Genetically Modified Foods.- 11. Animals in Agriculture.- 12. Animals in Research.- 13. Climate Change.- 14. Nanotechnology.- 15.- PART III: Case Studies.- 15. Environment - Marine Mammal Protection.- 16. Land - Hybrid Corn.- 17. Farms - Lost in the Maize.- 18. Food - Edible Antibiotics in Food Crops.- 19. Biotechnology - Trait Protection System.- 20. Genetically Modified Foods - Golden Rice.- 21. Animals in Agriculture - Beef, Milk, and Eggs.- 22. Animals in Research - Enviropigs.- 23. Climate Change - Coastal Dead Zones.- 24. Nanotechnology - Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement.- Appendix A: Exercises.- Appendix B: Note for Instructors.- Index.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments for the second edition.- Acknowledgments for the First Edition.- Contributors.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Introduction to the Second Edition.- Introduction to the First Edition.- PART I: Ethical reasoning.- 1. Ethics.- 2. Religion.- 3. Reasoning.- 4. Method.- PART II: Life Science Ethics.- 5. Environment.- 6. Land.- 7. Farms.- 8. Food.- 9. Biotechnology.- 10. Genetically Modified Foods.- 11. Animals in Agriculture.- 12. Animals in Research.- 13. Climate Change.- 14. Nanotechnology.- 15.- PART III: Case Studies.- 15. Environment - Marine Mammal Protection.- 16. Land - Hybrid Corn.- 17. Farms - Lost in the Maize.- 18. Food - Edible Antibiotics in Food Crops.- 19. Biotechnology - Trait Protection System.- 20. Genetically Modified Foods - Golden Rice.- 21. Animals in Agriculture - Beef, Milk, and Eggs.- 22. Animals in Research - Enviropigs.- 23. Climate Change - Coastal Dead Zones.- 24. Nanotechnology - Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement.- Appendix A: Exercises.- Appendix B: Note for Instructors.- Index.
Autorenporträt
Gary L. Comstock is Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University, author of Vexing Nature? On the Ethical Case against Agricultural Biotechnology (Kluwer, 2000), and Editor-in-chief of On the Human at the National Humanities Center.