Conrad Brunk, Sarah Hartley

Designer Animals

Mapping the Issues in Animal Biotechnology
Herausgeber: Brunk, Conrad; Hartley, Sarah

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Designer Animals uses non-technical language to explore the science behind animal biotechnology and the ethical frameworks at play in its surrounding debates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781442626607
• ISBN-10: 1442626607
• Artikelnr.: 40113376

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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