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37Marcel mazoyer and Lawrence roudart, a history of world agriculture from the neolithic age to the current crisis, James H. membrez, trJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 22 (1): 101-104. 2009.
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81Catastrophe ethics and activist speech: Reflections on moral norms, advocacy, and technical judgmentMetaphilosophy 42 (1-2): 118-144. 2011.Abstract: This essay critically examines whether there are ethical dimensions to the way that expertise, knowledge claims, and expressions of skepticism intersect on technical matters that influence public policy, especially during times of crisis. It compares two different perspectives on the matter: a philosophical outlook rooted in discourse and virtue ethics and a sociological outlook rooted in the so-called third-wave approach to science studies. The comparison occurs through metaphilosophi…Read more
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74The philosophical foundations of riskSouthern Journal of Philosophy 24 (2): 273-286. 1986.Rescher's 1983 study of risk analysis marks an important departure from game theory in that philosophical foundations for risk are neither formal nor implicit, But explicitly defined objective properties. Rescher's claim that these foundations are ontological fails, However. His ontology is internally inconsistent. Furthermore, Risk is always interest relative, Making it impossible to remove epistemological considerations entirely from any account of its foundations.
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28Crossing species boundaries is even more controversial than you thinkAmerican Journal of Bioethics 3 (3). 2003.This Article does not have an abstract
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1Book review of Mark Sagoff, The Economy of the Earth (review)Journal of Agricultural Ethics 2 (1): 69-71. 1989.This is a review of the first edition.
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55Synthetic Biology Needs A Synthetic BioethicsEthics, Policy and Environment 15 (1). 2012.Recent developments in synthetic biology are described and characterized as moving the era of biotechnology into platform technologies. Platform technologies enable rapid and diffuse innovations and simultaneous product development in diffuse markets, often targeting sectors of the economy that have traditionally been thought to have little relationship to one another. In the case of synthetic biology, pharmaceutical and biofuel product development are occurring interactively. But the regulatory…Read more
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7Of Cabbages and KingsPublic Affairs Quarterly 2 (1): 69-87. 1988.The paper provides an analysis and critique of views supporting the use of food policy and trade in foodstuffs to pursue geopolitical objectives.
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71Ideas for How to Take Wicked Problems SeriouslyJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 25 (4): 441-445. 2012.Ideas for How to Take Wicked Problems Seriously Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-5 DOI 10.1007/s10806-011-9348-9 Authors Kyle Powys Whyte, Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 503 S. Kedzie Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Paul B. Thompson, Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 503 S. Kedzie Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Journal Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics Online ISSN 1573-322X Print ISSN 1187-7863
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1Author meets critics environmentalism, feminism, and agrarianism: Three isms in search of sustainable agricultureAgriculture and Human Values 15 (2): 170-176. 1998.
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