Designer Animals : Mapping the Issues in Animal Biotechnology.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442662636
- 179/.3
- SF140.B54 D475 2012
Cover -- 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 Animal Justice: Understanding the Implications of Animal Biotechnology for Animal Welfare and Animal Rights -- 9 The Religious Factor: Perspectives of World Religions on Animal Biotechnology -- 10 Issues of Governance in Animal Biotechnology -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Designer Animalsuses non-technical language to explore the science behind animal biotechnology and the ethical frameworks at play in its surrounding debates.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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