Animal Biotechnology and Ethics

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Among those to whom the book will be of particular interest are practitioners of animal biotechnology, and those whose interest lies in assessing its credentials, such as philosophers and social or political scientists.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-02-11
Mått:155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:557 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:351
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781461376491

Utforska kategorier

Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Zoologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur

Innehållsförteckning

1 Introduction.- One Scientific Procedures and their Applications.- 2 Methods for genetic modification in farm animals and humans: present procedures and future opportunities.- 3 Animal biotechnology in medicine.- 4 Biotechnology in animal agriculture.- 5 The effects of biotechnology on animal welfare.- Two The Social Context.- 6 Why biotechnology?.- 7 Campaigning against transgenic technology.- 8 Consensus conferences and technological animals.- 9 The inevitability of animal biotechnology? Ethics and the scientific attitude.- 10 Needs, fears and fantasies.- Three Ethical and Conceptual Issues.- 11 Intervention, humility and animal integrity.- 12 On telos and genetic engineering.- 13 Intrinsic value and transgenic animals.- 14 Organs for transplant: animals, moral standing, and one view of the ethics of xenotransplantation.- 15 Making up animals: the view from science fiction.- 16 Species are dead. Long live genes!.- Four Policy and Regulation.- 17 Biotechnology policy: four ethical problems and three political solutions.- 18 Advisory considerations on the scientific basis of the food safety evaluation of transgenic animals.- 19 Legislation and regulation: a view from the UK.- 20 Animal patenting: European law and the ethical implications.- 21 Controls on the care and use of experimental animals.- Five Concluding Essay.- 22 Ethics, society and policy: a way forward.