Technology, transgenics and a practical moral code /
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| Author / Creator: | Cooley, Dennis R., 1965- |
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 271 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International Library of ethics, law and technology, 1875-0044 ; v. 4 International library of ethics, law and technology ; v. 4. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8894147 |
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 ; Transgenics and QCI ; Legal/moral questions ; Conclusion.