Designer Animals
Mapping the Issues in Animal Biotechnology
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 2012
272 pages
978-1-4426-6263-6 (ISBN)
Description
Designer Animals is an in-depth study of the debates surrounding the development of animal biotechnology, which is quickly emerging out of the laboratory and into the commercial marketplace. This book innovatively combines expert analysis on the technology's economic, professional, ethical, and religious implications while remaining firmly grounded in the 'real world' political environment in which the issue is played out.
Designer Animals uses non-technical language to explore the science behind animal biotechnology and the ethical frameworks at play in its surrounding debates. By investigating the interests of major stakeholders, including researchers on the cutting edge of science; mainstream and 'alternative' agriculture organizations; the animal welfare movement; and health care providers, patients, and researchers, the contributors illuminate the most important points of agreement and disagreement on this hotly contested topic.
Designer Animals uses non-technical language to explore the science behind animal biotechnology and the ethical frameworks at play in its surrounding debates. By investigating the interests of major stakeholders, including researchers on the cutting edge of science; mainstream and 'alternative' agriculture organizations; the animal welfare movement; and health care providers, patients, and researchers, the contributors illuminate the most important points of agreement and disagreement on this hotly contested topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
2 figures; 2 tables
2 figures; 2 tables
File size
0,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-6263-6 (9781442662636)
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Additional editions
Conrad G. Brunk | Sarah Hartley | Conrad G. Brunk
Designer Animals
Mapping the Issues in Animal Biotechnology
Book
02/2012
2nd Edition
University of Toronto Press
€69.51
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Persons
Conrad G. Brunk is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Victoria.
Sarah Hartley is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.
Sarah Hartley is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.
Content
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Focusing on the Values in Debates about Animal Biotechnology
2 Animal Biotechnology: The Scientific Landscape
3 Animal Biotechnology: The Ethical Landscape
4 The Biotechnology Industry and Agricultural Economics
5 The Farmers: The Agrarian Critique of Industrial Agriculture
6 The Health Researchers: Transformational Research in a Transactional World
7 Human Health Care: The Promise of Animal Biotechnology
8 Understanding the Animal Justice Stance on Animal Biotechnology
9 Framing Religious Concerns
10 Issues of Governance in Animal Biotechnology
Contributors
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Focusing on the Values in Debates about Animal Biotechnology
2 Animal Biotechnology: The Scientific Landscape
3 Animal Biotechnology: The Ethical Landscape
4 The Biotechnology Industry and Agricultural Economics
5 The Farmers: The Agrarian Critique of Industrial Agriculture
6 The Health Researchers: Transformational Research in a Transactional World
7 Human Health Care: The Promise of Animal Biotechnology
8 Understanding the Animal Justice Stance on Animal Biotechnology
9 Framing Religious Concerns
10 Issues of Governance in Animal Biotechnology
Contributors
Index
