Beyond the Large Farm
Ethics and Research Goals for Agriculture
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2019
326 pages
978-0-429-69494-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the rationale for emphasizing productivity as the dominant goal of agricultural research and challenges in the form of alternative goals that scientists might seek in performing agricultural research. It presents bibliographic essays that review the criticisms of research.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
27,54 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-429-69494-3 (9780429694943)
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Person
Thompson, Paul B.
Content
Preface -- Ethics and Research Goals for Agriculture -- Introduction Values in the Agricultural Laboratory -- Agroethics and Agricultural Research -- Balancing Moral Imperatives Through Rural Development -- The Value Measure in Public Agricultural Research -- Moral Responsibility in Agricultural Research -- An Agroecological Analysis of the Environmental Degradation Resulting from the Structure of Agriculture -- Making the Land Ethic Operational: Toward an Integrated Theory of Environmental Management -- Ethics of U.S. Agricultural Research in International Development -- The Cultural Ecologist Concept of Justice -- Bibliographic Essays on the Critics of Agriculture -- Agricultural Research Policy and the Family Farm -- Environmental Goals in Agricultural Science -- U.S. Agricultural Research Policy and International Distributive Justice -- Beyond the Large Farm
