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92Food, consumer concerns, and trust: Food ethics for a globalizing market (review)Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 12 (2): 127-139. 2000.The use of biotechnology in food productiongives rise to consumer concerns. The term ``consumerconcern'' is often used as a container notion. Itincludes concerns about food safety, environmental andanimal welfare consequences of food productionsystems, and intrinsic moral objections againstgenetic modification. In order to create clarity adistinction between three different kinds of consumerconcern is proposed. Consumer concerns can be seen assigns of loss of trust. Maintaining consumer trustask…Read more
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43Legislation on ethical issues: Towards an interactive paradigm (review)Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 3 (1): 57-75. 2000.In this article, we sketch a new approach to law and ethics. The traditional paradigm, exemplified in the debate on liberal moralism, becomes increasingly inadequate. Its basic assumptions are that there are clear moral norms of positive or critical morality, and that making statutory norms is an effective method to have citizens conform to those norms. However, for many ethical issues that are on the legislative agenda, e.g. with respect to bioethics and anti-discrimination law, the moral norms…Read more
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36The quiet before the storm: anticipating developments in synthetic biologyPoiesis and Praxis 7 (3): 151-168. 2010.Synthetic biology aims at designing biological systems, at building ‘living machines’. The emergence of synthetic biology has reignited the cycle of public debate. The old biotechnology debate is being reiterated and the controversies are deepened. The societal debate follows the technological hype cycle. A new technology with a high visibility and high expectations also raises high controversies. For synthetic biology, this hype is currently near its peak and the first signs of disillusionment …Read more
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39WTO, public reason and food public reasoning in the 'trade conflict' on GM-FoodEthical Theory and Moral Practice 7 (4): 417-431. 2004.Food trade is of economic importance for both developed and developing countries. Food, however, is a special commodity. Firstly, the lack of food -- hunger, under-nourishment, and starvation -- is one of the world's pressing moral problems. But food is not only special because it is necessary for our survival; food is also special because it is strongly related to our social and cultural identity. Two recent transatlantic trade conflicts over food -- over the use of artificial growth hormones i…Read more
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83Ethical tools to support systematic public deliberations about the ethical aspects of agricultural biotechnologiesJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 20 (1): 3-12. 2007.This special issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics presents so-called ethical tools that are developed to support systematic public deliberations about the ethical aspects of agricultural biotechnologies. This paper firstly clarifies the intended connotations of the term “ethical tools” and argues that such tools can support liberal democracies to cope with the issues that are raised by the application of genetic modification and other modern biotechnologies in agricultur…Read more
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7Over idealen: het belang van idealen in recht, moraal en politiek (edited book)W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink. 1998.
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62Ethics and Sustainability: Guest or Guide? On Sustainability as a Moral Ideal (review)Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 25 (2): 117-121. 2012.Ethics and Sustainability: Guest or Guide? On Sustainability as a Moral Ideal Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-5 DOI 10.1007/s10806-011-9322-6 Authors Franck L. B. Meijboom, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 13a, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands Frans W. A. Brom, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 13a, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands Journal Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics Online ISSN 1573-322X Print ISSN 1187-7863
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22Legislation on Ethical Issues: Towards an Interactive ParadigmEthical Theory and Moral Practice 3 (1). 2000.In this article, we sketch a new approach to law and ethics. The traditional paradigm, exemplified in the debate on liberal moralism, becomes increasingly inadequate. Its basic assumptions are that there are clear moral norms of positive or critical morality, and that making statutory norms is an effective method to have citizens conform to those norms. However, for many ethical issues that are on the legislative agenda, e.g. with respect to bioethics and anti-discrimination law, the moral norms…Read more