Agriculture's ethical horizon /
What are the goals of agricultural science? What should the goals of agricultural science be? How do and how should the practitioners of agriculture address complex ethical questions? These questions are explored in this monumental book so that those in agriculture will begin an open dialoge on the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
©2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Elsevier insights.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | What are the goals of agricultural science? What should the goals of agricultural science be? How do and how should the practitioners of agriculture address complex ethical questions? These questions are explored in this monumental book so that those in agriculture will begin an open dialoge on the ethics of agriculture. Discussion of foundational values, of why we practice agriculture as we do, should become a central, rather than peripheral, part of agricultural practice and education. If agricultural scientists do not venture forth to understand and shape the ethical base of the future, it will be imposed by others. Largely autobiographical, this book covers topics such as scientific truth and myth, what agricultural research should be done, an introduction to ethics, moral confidence in agriculture, the relevance of ethics to agriculture, sustainability, and biotechnology. |
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| Item Description: | ScienceDirect eBook - Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences 2012 (Elsevier and Woodhead) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 274 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780124160439 0124160433 9780123914781 0123914787 9781280581809 1280581808 |
