Life Science Ethics

Gary L. Comstock

ISBN 10: 9048187915 / ISBN 13: 9789048187911

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Sep 2010, 2010

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Neuware -Does nature have intrinsic value Should we be doing more to save wilderness and ocean ecosystems What are our duties to future generations of humans Do animals have rights This revised edition of 'Life Science Ethics' introduces these questions using narrative case studies on genetically modified foods, use of animals in research, nanotechnology, and global climate change, and then explores them in detail using essays written by nationally-recognized experts in the ethics field.Part I introduces ethics, the relationship of religion to ethics, how we assess ethical arguments, and a method ethicists use to reason about ethical theories. Part II demonstrates the relevance of ethical reasoning to the environment, land, farms, food, biotechnology, genetically modified foods, animals in agriculture and research, climate change, and nanotechnology. Part III presents case studies for the topics found in Part II.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 512 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Life Science Ethics
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Sep 2010
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9048187915
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789048187911
• Reliure: Buch
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 36 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 36 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1022 grammes

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Life Science Ethics

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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.