Food, Genetic Engineering and Philosophy of Technology

Magic Bullets, Technological Fixes and Responsibility to the Future

AvN. Dane Scott

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del 28 i serien International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics

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This book describes specific, well-know controversies in the genetic modification debate and connects them to deeper philosophical issues in philosophy of technology.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-03
Mått:155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:436 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
Antal sidor:158
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319960258

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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.