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Book Synopsis Genetic Engineering, Dream Or Nightmare? by : Mae-Wan Ho
Download or read book Genetic Engineering, Dream Or Nightmare? written by Mae-Wan Ho and published by Gateway Books (GB). This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume claims that genetic engineering is inadequately researched technology that is out of control. It aims to show how genetic determinism is at odds with the reality of scientific findings.
Book Synopsis Genetic Engineering, Dream Or Nightmare? by : Mae-Wan Ho
Download or read book Genetic Engineering, Dream Or Nightmare? written by Mae-Wan Ho and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genetic Engineering written by Mae-Wan Ho and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted scientist in biotechnology and biosafety reveals the terrifying consequences of genetic engineering.
Book Synopsis Defending Our Dreams by : Shamillah Wilson
Download or read book Defending Our Dreams written by Shamillah Wilson and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique experiences, perspectives and visions of young feminists are extremely valuable in both understanding the current world order and in shaping a better future. Young feminists are engaged as advocates, organisers, protesters, researchers and strategists, and their energies, visions, solidarity, creativity and passion are instrumental in defining social movements globally. This pioneering collection brings together analyses by feminists of diverse identities on a range of themes including women's rights and economic change; new technologies; sexuality; and feminist organizations and movements. Defending Our Dreams includes analyses by contributors from Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, Tanzania, Nepal, India, Canada, the USA, Australia, Barbados and the UK. This book is essential reading for all those engaged in feminist research, organizing and activism.
Book Synopsis The Biotechnology Debate by : Bernice Bovenkerk
Download or read book The Biotechnology Debate written by Bernice Bovenkerk and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book grounds deliberative democratic theory in a more refined understanding of deliberative practice, in particular when dealing with intractable moral disagreement regarding novel technologies. While there is an ongoing, vibrant debate about the theoretical merits of deliberative democracy on the one hand, and more recently, empirical studies of specific deliberative exercises have been carried out, these two discussions fail to speak to one another. Debates about animal and plant biotechnology are examined as a paradigmatic case for intractable disagreement in today’s pluralistic societies. This examination reveals that the disagreements in this debate are multi-faceted and multi-dimensional and can often be traced to fundamental disagreements about values or worldviews. “One of the acute insights to emerge from this examination is that deliberation can serve different purposes vis-à-vis different types of problem. In the case of deeply unstructured problems, like the modern biotechnology debate, the aim of inclusion is more appropriate than the aim of consensus. This book highlights the importance of political culture and broader institutional settings in shaping the capacity and propensity of citizens to engage in deliberation and the degree to which governments are prepared to relinquish authority to deliberative mini-publics." Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, Australia
Book Synopsis Genetic Engineering by : Hugo Barrera-Saldaña
Download or read book Genetic Engineering written by Hugo Barrera-Saldaña and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-01-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scientists from different countries around the world contributed valuable essays on the basic applications and safety, as well as the ethical and moral considerations, of the powerful genetic engineering tools now available for modifying the molecules, pathways, and phenotypes of species of agricultural, industrial and even medical importance. After three decades of perfecting such tools, we now see a refined technology, surprisingly unexpected applications, and matured guidelines to avoid unintentional damage to our and other species, as well as the environment, while trying to contribute to solve the biological, medical and technical challenges of society and industry. Chapters on thermo-stabilization of luciferase, engineering of the phenylpropanoid pathway in a species of high demand for the paper industry, more efficient regeneration of transgenic soybean, viral resistant plants, and a novel approach for rapidly screening properties of newly discovered animal growth hormones, illustrate the state-of-the-art science and technology of genetic engineering, but also serve to raise public awareness of the pros and cons that this young scientific discipline has to offer to mankind.
Download or read book Genetic Engineering written by Enzo Russo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the underlying science of genetic engineering and deals with the social and moral and ethical aspects of this technology.
Book Synopsis Genetic Engineering by : Mark Y. Herring
Download or read book Genetic Engineering written by Mark Y. Herring and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic engineering has quickly become one of the more controversial issues of our time. Herring provides a detailed history of the debate in a fair and balanced manner, using proponents' points of view to make individual cases, both pro and con. Narrative chapters cover such topics as the Human Genome Project, gene splicing, cloning, genetically altered foods, and DNA and crime-solving. Students and the general public will find a comprehensive survey of the genetic engineering debate. Appendices include statements from Robert P. George and Peter Singer, two of the most prominent scholars on the subject, and a bibliography of print and electronic resources for further research.
Book Synopsis Becoming Good Ancestors by : David Ehrenfeld
Download or read book Becoming Good Ancestors written by David Ehrenfeld and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant writer and gifted "big picture" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and culture, and illuminating the forces in modern society that thwart our efforts to solve today's hard questions about society and the environment. The book focuses on our present-day retreat from reality, our alienation from nature, our unthinking acceptance of new technology and rejection of the old, the loss of our ability to discriminate between events we can control and those we cannot, the denial of non-economic values, and the decline of local communities. If we are aware of what we are losing and why we are losing it, the author notes, all of these patterns are reversible. Through down-to-earth examples, ranging from a family canoe trip in the wilderness to the novels of Jane Austen to Chinese turtle and tiger farms, Ehrenfeld shows how we can use what we learn to move ourselves and our society towards a more stable, less frantic, and far more satisfying life, a life in which we are no longer compelled to damage ourselves and our environment, in which our children have a future, and in which fewer species are endangered and more rivers run clean. In the final chapter, he offers a dramatic view of the possibilities inherent in a fusion of the best elements of conservatism and liberalism. Our society has an inherent sense of what is right, says Ehrenfeld, and the creativity and persistence to make good things happen. It is now time to apply our intelligence, guided by our moral judgment, to the very large problems we all face. This book is an important first step.
Book Synopsis Eco Crime and Genetically Modified Food by : Reece Walters
Download or read book Eco Crime and Genetically Modified Food written by Reece Walters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The GM debate has been ongoing for over a decade, yet it has been contained in the scientific world and presented in technical terms. Eco Crime and Genetically Modified Food brings the debates about GM food into the social and criminological arena. This book highlights the criminal and harmful actions of state and corporate officials. It concludes that corporate and political corruption, uncertain science, bitter public opposition, growing farmer concern and bankruptcy, irreversible damage to biodervisty, corporate monopolies and exploitation, disregard for social and cultural practices, devastation of small scale and local agricultural economies, imminent threats to organics, weak regulation, and widespread political and biotech mistrust – do not provide the bases for advancing and progressing GM foods into the next decade. Yet, with the backing of the WTO, the US and UK Governments march on – but at what cost to future generations?
Book Synopsis The Ethics of Food by : Gregory E. Pence
Download or read book The Ethics of Food written by Gregory E. Pence and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food makes philosophers of us all. Death does the same . . . but death comes only once . . . and choices about food come many times each day. In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a broad range of subjects, including the meaning of food, moral analyses of vegetarianism and starvation, the safety and environmental risks of genetically modified food, issues of global food politics and the food industry, and the relationships among food, evolution, and human history. Will genetically modified food feed the poor or destroy the environment? Is it a threat to our health? Is the assumed healthfulness of organic food a myth or a reality? The answers to these and other questions are engagingly pursued in this substantive collection, the first of its kind to address the broad range of philosophical, sociological, political, scientific, and technological issues surrounding the ethics of food.
Book Synopsis Recoding Nature by : Richard A. Hindmarsh
Download or read book Recoding Nature written by Richard A. Hindmarsh and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book addresses some fundamental and profound questions such as: Are GM foods safe to eat? What do consumers think about GM foods and, alternatively, organic produce? What are the real risks of genetic pollution? And is it appropriate to delete a supposed gene for sadness? Recoding Nature challenges the assumptions of those preparing the world for a 'recoded' DNA future.
Book Synopsis From Naked Ape to Superspecies by : David Suzuki
Download or read book From Naked Ape to Superspecies written by David Suzuki and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia, we lived in harmony with the Earth, taking only what we required to survive. But in just the past few centuries, we have used our powers to satisfy our obsession with consumption and new technology, without regard for the consequences. And in doing so, we have exploited our surroundings on an unprecedented scale. In this revised and updated edition of From Naked Ape to Superspecies, David Suzuki and Holly Dressel lucidly describe how we have evolved beyond our needs, trampling other species, believing that we can make the Earth work the way we want it to. And they introduce us to the people who are fighting back, those who are resisting the inexorable advance of the "global economy" juggernaut, the people whose voices are difficult to hear over the din of corporate public relations machines. We learn about how human arrogance—demonstrated by our disregard for the small and microscopic species that constitute the Earth’s engine and our reckless use of technological inventions like powerful herbicides or genetically engineered crops—is threatening the health of our children and the safety of our food supply.
Book Synopsis Advances in Design by : Hoda A. ElMaraghy
Download or read book Advances in Design written by Hoda A. ElMaraghy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Design examines recent advances and innovations in product design paradigms, methods, tools and applications. It presents fifty-two selected papers which were presented at the 14th CIRP International Design Seminar held in May 2004. This book will be bought by postgraduate and senior undergraduate students studying product design. It will also be of interest to researchers and practitioners working in the field of product design.
Download or read book Ethics in Biomedical Research written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the international assessment and regulation of biomedical research. In its chapters, some of the leading figures in today’s bioethics address questions centred on global development, scientific advances, and vulnerability. The series Values In Bioethics makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethics, including medical and nursing ethics, health care ethics, research ethics, environmental ethics, and global bioethics.
Book Synopsis CLONING the BUDDHA: The Moral Impact of BIOTECHNOLOGY by : Richard Heinberg
Download or read book CLONING the BUDDHA: The Moral Impact of BIOTECHNOLOGY written by Richard Heinberg and published by B. Jain Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis World Hunger by : Brian Kenneth Swain
Download or read book World Hunger written by Brian Kenneth Swain and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanguard Corporation, an agricultural company led by a greedy and mercurial CEO, has developed a new line of genetically modified seed products. Designed to significantly increase crop yields and resist drought, pests, and disease in the hopes of reducing hunger in Third World countries, the seeds should also earn huge profits for the firm. Vanguard's testing in Belarus, Colombia, and India initially goes well, but midway through the crops' development, reports begin to emerge of bizarre insect observations linked to incidents of domestic animal slaughter, and eventually, the death of several people. The high-growth genetic enhancements engineered into the seeds have been transferred into the insects through their ingestion of the test crops. The strains of these super insects are much larger, more aggressive, and increasingly resistant to pesticides and disease than their natural counterparts. As the insects become more plentiful and widespread, Vanguard desperately combats them while dealing with the media, environmentalists, the government, and other distractions. Meanwhile, scientists, entomologists, and field operatives frantically work together to eradicate the new species and deal with the fallout of mankind's apathy toward environmental meddling.
