
Life Science Ethics
Gary Comstock(Editor)
Iowa State University Press
Published on 1. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
404 pages
978-0-8138-0953-3 (ISBN)
Description
The first section of Life Science Ethics introduces students to essential background concepts in moral theory -- ethics, the relationship of religion to ethics, how to assess ethical arguments, and a method used to reason about ethical theories. The next section demonstrates the relevance of ethical reasoning to six topics:
-- The relative moral standing of ecosystems, nonhuman animals, and future human generations
-- The moral justifiability of genetic engineering as a whole and the patenting of life forms in particular
-- Our duty to aid the hungry
-- Our obligation to animals used to produce fiber, food, and knowledge
-- Public policies to adjudicate conflicting rights claims among urban consumers, environmentalists, and farmers over the use of water and land
-- The virtues traditionally associated with family farms
-- The relative moral standing of ecosystems, nonhuman animals, and future human generations
-- The moral justifiability of genetic engineering as a whole and the patenting of life forms in particular
-- Our duty to aid the hungry
-- Our obligation to animals used to produce fiber, food, and knowledge
-- Public policies to adjudicate conflicting rights claims among urban consumers, environmentalists, and farmers over the use of water and land
-- The virtues traditionally associated with family farms
Part three provides a dozen case studies and study questions to raise relevant ethical issues and draw readers into concrete discussions of complex moral questions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8138-0953-3 (9780813809533)
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