A thorough analysis of agro-biotechnology for students including objections, purported benefits and harms, legal/ethical concerns and organic agriculture.
A thorough analysis of agro-biotechnology for students including objections, purported benefits and harms, legal/ethical concerns and organic agriculture.
R. Paul Thompson is Professor at the Institute of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Toronto.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Scientific background 2. Application of genetics in agriculture 3. Philosophical and conceptual background 4. The controversy: ideological and theological objections 5. The controversy: purported benefits 6. The controversy: purported harms 7. The organic alternative 8. Impact on low and middle income countries: poverty, farming and colonial legacies Concluding remarks.
Introduction; 1. Scientific background; 2. Application of genetics in agriculture; 3. Philosophical and conceptual background; 4. The controversy: ideological and theological objections; 5. The controversy: purported benefits; 6. The controversy: purported harms; 7. The organic alternative; 8. Impact on low and middle income countries: poverty, farming and colonial legacies; Concluding remarks.
Introduction 1. Scientific background 2. Application of genetics in agriculture 3. Philosophical and conceptual background 4. The controversy: ideological and theological objections 5. The controversy: purported benefits 6. The controversy: purported harms 7. The organic alternative 8. Impact on low and middle income countries: poverty, farming and colonial legacies Concluding remarks.
Introduction; 1. Scientific background; 2. Application of genetics in agriculture; 3. Philosophical and conceptual background; 4. The controversy: ideological and theological objections; 5. The controversy: purported benefits; 6. The controversy: purported harms; 7. The organic alternative; 8. Impact on low and middle income countries: poverty, farming and colonial legacies; Concluding remarks.
Rezensionen
'Thompson brings his considerable knowledge of biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and his prowess at keen philosophical analysis, to bear on a biological process and system essential to human life - agriculture.' Metascience
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