Ethical Tensions from New Technology : The Case of Agricultural Biotechnology.

Intro -- Half Title -- CABI Biotechnology Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Ethical Tensions from a 'Science Alone' Approach in Communicating Genetic Engineering Science to Consumers -- 2 Against the (GM) Grain: Ethical Tensions and Agrobiotechnology Activism in the USA -- 3 The Use and Abuse of the Term 'GMO' in the 'Common Weal Rhetoric' Against the Application of Modern Biotechnology in Agriculture -- 4 Collaborating with the Enemy? A View from Down Under on GM Research Partnerships -- 5 Three Models of Public Opinion and Public Interest for Agricultural Biotechnology: Precautionary, Conventional and Accommodative -- 6 Genetically Modified Organisms in Food: Ethical Tensions and the Labeling Initiative -- 7 Ethical Tensions in Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology and their Impact on Policy Outcomes: Evidence from the USA and India -- 8 Technological Pragmatism: Navigating the Ethical Tensions Created by Agricultural Biotechnology -- 9 Absolute Hogwash: Assemblage and the New Breed of Animal Biotechnology -- 10 Nature-identical Outcomes, Artificial Processes: Governance of CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing as an Ethical Challenge -- 11 New Technology, Cognitive Bias and Ethical Tensions in Entrepreneurial Commercialization: The Case of CRISPR -- 12 New Technology, Ethical Tensions and the Mediating Role of Translational Research -- Index -- Back Cover.

New technologies can create ethical tensions when there is a conflict of interests, values or rights. One of the key examples of such technology is agricultural biotechnology. This book explores the reasons for those tensions, and potential solutions.

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