Food, Genetic Engineering and Philosophy of Technology Magic Bullets, Technological Fixes and Responsibility to the Future /

This book describes specific, well-known controversies in the genetic modification debate and connects them to deeper philosophical issues in philosophy of technology. It contributes to the current, far-reaching deliberations about the future of food, agriculture and society. Controversies over so-c...

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Hlavní autor: Scott, N. Dane (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 28
Témata:
Ethics.
Agriculture.
Genetic engineering.
ISBN:9783319960272
ISSN:1570-3010 ;
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  • Genetically Engineering and Philosophy of Technology: Technological Fixes, Magic Bullets and the Faustian Bargain
  • Chapter 1: "Four Keys Concepts for Understanding the Biotechnology Dilemma: Magic Bullets, Technological Fixes, Faustian Bargains and Big Science"
  • Chapter 2: "At the Crossroads of Philosophy Technological: Optimism, Pessimism or Pragmatism"
  • Chapter 3: "Magic Bullets and Productionist Paradigm: Biotechnology or Agroecology"
  • Chapter 4: "Technological Fixes: Golden Rice and Social Change"
  • Chapter 5: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice meets Chicken Little: Risk versus Precaution"
  • Chapter 6: "Scientists, Can we trust them? Biotechnology, Big Science and Vested Interests"
  • Chapter 7: "Science, Agriculture and the Good Life: Biotechnology at the Crossroads to the Future"
  • Chapter 8: "The Faustian Bargain: Realism and Idealism in the GM debate.

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