Key Issues In Agricultural Ethics

Author : Robert L. Zimdahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 1801463158

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Key Issues in Agricultural Ethics by Robert L. Zimdahl Pdf

Agriculture is facing unprecedented scrutiny for its social and environmental impacts. Many of the key choices it must make are fundamentally about ethics. Key issues in agricultural ethics explores key ethical debates surrounding agriculture and agri-food supply chains.These include issues such as animal welfare, use of labour, the effects of new technologies and the overall impact of agriculture on the environment. It considers the ways these ethical dilemmas may be better understood and potentially resolved. Edited by a leading researcher in the field, Key issues in agricultural ethics will be a standard reference for researchers in agriculture and environmental science, government and other private sector agencies responsible for monitoring good agricultural practice, as well as researchers involved in the social sciences with a focus on ethics.

Author : Paul B. Thompson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402087226

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The Ethics of Intensification by Paul B. Thompson Pdf

The Ethics of Agricultural Intensification: An Interdisciplinary and International Conversation Paul B. Thompson and John Otieno Ouko* Global agriculture faces a number of challenges as the world approaches the second decade of the third millennium. Predictions unilaterally indicate dramatic increases in world population between 2010 and 2030, and a trend in developing countries toward greater consumption of animal products could multiply the need for prod- tion of basic grains even further. Although global food production in 2000 was estimated to be adequate for the existing population, hunger and malnutrition are persistent problems that have led decision makers to recognize that increasing food production in specific regions may be the most effective way to address food se- rity for impoverished peoples. At the same time, there will need to be policy adju- ments that improve poor people’s access to current food supplies without simultaneously undercutting the ability of local producers to obtain needed cash income. What is more, the uncertain effects of global climate change on agricultural ecosystems complicate planning for this process, while poorly understood processes of globa- zation create additional unknowns from the side of social systems. In short, despite surpluses in many parts of the developed world, finding ways to increase food p- duction on both selected regional and a total global basis remains a priority for many farmers, policy makers and agricultural researchers.

Author : Charles V. Blatz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015021643526

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Ethics and Agriculture by Charles V. Blatz Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251045593

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Ethical Issues in Food and Agriculture by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Technological advances and organizational changes affecting agrifood systems in recent years have been radical and rapid; the repercussions, however, will be felt for a long time to come and the consequences may be irreversible. Whether these changes be as specific as individual food production techniques or as broad as the effects of globalization, they have refocused attention on age-old human values and fundamental human rights, including the right to adequate - and safe - food. The resulting controversies have brought to the fore a number of basic ethical concerns that are central to the global goals of world food security and sustainable rural development: the need for equitable participation, for example, that reconciles the interests of wealthy and less advantaged countries today while guaranteeing viable options for future generations; and the need to ensure broad-based involvement in decisions concerning technology development, particularly genetic engineering. The resolution of these issues demands careful reflection and constructive dialogue - the purpose of this new series on ethics in food and agriculture is to give impetus to that dialogue.

Author : Robert L. Zimdahl
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030489359

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Agricultural Ethics - An Invitation by Robert L. Zimdahl Pdf

I write because I am concerned that I and my agricultural colleagues have avoided addressing the moral dimension of the environmental and social problems we have contributed to. I hope for an exchange of ideas about agriculture's moral dilemmas. I encourage my readers to engage in a collective conversation about the dilemmas and avoid remaining in what Merton calls "the collective arrogance and despair of his own herd." If those engaged in agriculture continue to ignore and fail to realize our common difficulties they will be addressed and resolved by societal pressure and political action, which may not yield the resolution we favor. The book's goal is not to resolve the moral dilemmas raised. It is to raise them and encourage thought and discussion. It will ask but not answer why nearly all involved in agriculture have not addressed the moral concerns voiced by the general public. The agricultural enterprise is committed to the benefits and future success of the present, very productive, chemical, capital, and energy intensive system, which is, in the minds of many, not sustainable. The internal justification invokes the moral claim that they feed the world's population. The question remains whether or not the prevailing moral justification of feeding the world is adequate given all the issues modern, developed country agriculture faces: pesticides in soil, water, and food, cruelty to animals, Biotech/GMO's, corporate agriculture, pollution by animal factory waste, exploitation of and cruelty to migrant labor.

Author : Alvin van Niekerk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402029899

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Ethics in Agriculture - An African Perspective by Alvin van Niekerk Pdf

Agriculture is the lifeblood of the majority of people in Africa. It is not just a provider of food, it is a way of life for rural people. Whilst subsistence farming is the most practiced form of agriculture, there are many parts of Africa where agriculture is highly developed and progressive. In many instances it is the very diversity of agricultural practices that raises complex problems and issues. These issues often manifest themselves in ways that create ethical dilemmas for farmers, policy-makers, academics, politicians and the general lay-person. In particular, the role of biotechnology in African agriculture has become a contentious issue. Some people hold the view that biotechnology will solve the food shortages experienced in many parts of Africa, however, there is an opposing viewpoint that Africa may become a dumping ground for technology that has not been acceptable in other parts of the world. The ethical issues in agriculture in Africa do not focus only on biotechnology. The role of nutrition in the persistence of HIV/AIDS is highly debated and sometimes controversial. Land-related issues also generate heated debates in communities and amongst policy-makers. The single core that runs through all of these and many other related issues is, what are ethically acceptable solutions to these problems? This book attempts, in simple, unambiguous terms, to discuss the most important issues in African agriculture that have an ethical thread.

Author : Paul B. Thompson,Kirill O. Thompson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319926032

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Agricultural Ethics in East Asian Perspective by Paul B. Thompson,Kirill O. Thompson Pdf

This book brings together agricultural ethics scholars from the US, Japan and Taiwan to discuss crucial issues in agricultural ethics and sustainability ethics in comparative context. Agricultural ethics and sustainability ethics are wide-ranging and closely linked to environmental ethics, bioethics, virtue ethics, animal welfare, soil conservation, not to mention rural traditions and lifestyles. Six of the chapters cover historical traditions and values in Europe, the US and East Asia. Four of the chapters cover the role of virtue ethics in the analysis of agrarian and environmental ethics, agricultural biotechnology, food ethics, and alternative agriculture, respectively. Finally, two of the chapters cover field efforts of agricultural ethics involving preserving agricultural heritage and building consensus for sustainable farming, respectively. Although the papers are divided into three groups, their contents are interconnected and mutually informative.

Author : Robert L. Zimdahl
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124160439

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Agriculture's Ethical Horizon by Robert L. Zimdahl Pdf

1. The Horizon of Agricultural Ethics -- 2. The Conduct of Agricultural Science -- 3. When Things Go Wrong: Balancing Technology's Safety and Risk -- 4. A Brief Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Ethical Theories -- 5. Moral Confidence in Agriculture -- 6. The Relevance of Ethics to Agriculture and Weed Science -- 7. Agricultural Sustainability -- 8. Biotechnology -- 9. Alternative/Organic Agricultural Systems -- 10. Animal Agriculture -- 11. A Glimpse Ahead.

Author : Paul B. Thompson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199391691

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From Field to Fork by Paul B. Thompson Pdf

Covering diet and health issues, livestock welfare, world hunger, food justice, environmental ethics, green revolution technology and GMOs in this concise but comprehensive study, Paul B. Thompson shows how food can be a nexus for integrating larger social issues in social inequality, scientific reductionism and the eclipse of morality.

Author : Matthias Kaiser,Marianne Elisabeth Lien
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789086865758

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Ethics and the politics of food by Matthias Kaiser,Marianne Elisabeth Lien Pdf

"Food has emerged as a political topic par excellence. It is increasingly involved in controversies at a transnational level, in relation to issues of access, dominance, trade and control in a shared global environment. At the same time, innovations in biotechnology and animal domestication have brought ethics to the forefront of food debates. Thus, we live in an era when the ethics and the politics of food must come together. This book addresses the ethics and the politics of food from a broad range of academic disciplines, including sociology, philosophy, nutrition, anthropology, ethics, political science and history. The chapters expose novel problem areas, and suggest guidelines for approaching them. Topics range from fundamental issues in philosophy to sustainability, from consumer trust in food to ethical toolkits. Transparency, power and responsibility are key concerns, and special attention is given to animal welfare, emerging technologies in food production and marine domestication. Together, the chapters represent a wide range of academic responses to the fundamental dilemmas posed by food production and food consumption in the contemporary world."

Author : Carlos M. Romeo Casabona,Leire Escajedo San Epifanio,Aitziber Emaldi Cirión
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789086867103

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Global food security: ethical and legal challenges by Carlos M. Romeo Casabona,Leire Escajedo San Epifanio,Aitziber Emaldi Cirión Pdf

Food security will exist when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (as stated in the Rome Declaration in 1996). Given the dimension of the current global food crisis, food security means adopting effective and specific actions at individual, household, national, regional and global levels. Food security invites us to reflect upon ethical principles like human equity, justice between current and future generations, respect for human dignity and sustainable food production. We strive to maintain our basic ethical convictions and engage in societal debates about other important values. While we do this, we may have to change our ways of life and learn to create new priorities in the face of global responsibility. Science and technology are key tools to reach the Millenium Goals, providing both society and decision makers alike with relevant information and new options within an ethical framework. The contributions found in this publication bring together the perspectives of a diverse group of authors. Coming from the academic world, the public sector and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), they provide the latest views on ‘Global food security: ethical and legal challenges’.

Author : Paul Thompson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0813828066

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Agricultural Ethics by Paul Thompson Pdf

Presents a collection of essays written over a period of 15 years by agricultural ethicist Paul B. Thompson. The essays address the practical application of ethics to agriculture in a world faced with issues of increased yield, threatened environment, and the disappearance of the family farm.

Author : Paul B. Thompson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 041508623X

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The Spirit of the Soil by Paul B. Thompson Pdf

He compares four 'world views' - productionism, stewardship, economics, and holism - which frame these issues and the potential response to them according to different philosophical priorities. All four are found to have their inadequacies.

Author : Paul B. Thompson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429714955

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Beyond The Large Farm by Paul B. Thompson Pdf

This book examines the rationale for emphasizing productivity as the dominant goal of agricultural research and challenges in the form of alternative goals that scientists might seek in performing agricultural research. It presents bibliographic essays that review the criticisms of research.

Author : Cristian Timmermann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030561932

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Social Justice and Agricultural Innovation by Cristian Timmermann Pdf

Employing a social justice framework, this book examines the effects of innovation incentives and policies in agriculture. It addresses access to the objects of innovation, the direction of science and the type of innovations that are available, opportunities to participate in research and development, as well as effects on future generations. The book examines the potential value of preventive and reconciliatory measures, drawing on concepts from procedural and restorative justice. As such it offers a comprehensive analysis of the main social justice dimensions affected by agricultural innovation. It gives academics and policy analysts an extensive overview of the deep impact of innovation on society and the environment, and the expectations the general public has from the scientific community.