Technology, transgenetics and a practical moral code

Technology, transgenetics and a practical moral code

by Cooley, Dennis R.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Technology, transgenetics and a practical moral code / Dennis R. Cooley.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Springer
  • Place of Publication:Dordrecht
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (XXIV, 271 p.) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9048130212, 9789048130214, 9789048130207, 9048130204
  • oclc:ocn707455975
  • LC Classification:QH438.7
  • Dewey Decimal:174.957

Table of Contents

Applied groundwork for a practical moral code. Introduction ; Definitions ; Professional moral codes ; USDA study : methodology and results ; Formalization and evaluation of the USDA study's moral codes ; Formalization of the combination moral code ; Problems for the combination moral code ; Conclusion -- A practical moral code. Introduction ; Utilitarianism ; What is a reasonable person? ; RPU's benefits ; Respecting persons ; Working toward a plausible distributive/social justice principle ; The moral paradigm test ; Conclusion -- Are transgenic organisms, biotechnology, and technology unnatural? Introduction ; The unnatural is unethical argument ; The weak definitions ; A "playing God" argument ; More complex meanings of the unnatural ; Arguments from evolution ; Conclusion -- A natural theory of value. Introduction ; Naturalness as sacredness ; Beginning an axiology ; The benefit of the doubt principle ; Intrinsically valuable things and their rankings ; Is nature or the biosphere alive? ; Arguments against nature's intrinsic value ; Conclusion -- Applying PMC to a few transgenic technology issues. Introduction ; The practical moral code again ; Transgenics and RPU ; Transgeni…

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Subjects

Genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects Génétique -- Aspect moral

Writers

Cooley, Dennis R.

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