The development and consumption of genetically modified (GM) crops are surrounded by
controversy. According to proponents, only molecular biology approaches and genetic …

Food production is a complex matter, affecting people's lives, organizations' profits, and the
well-being of the whole planet, and has multifaceted ethical considerations surrounding its …

How would we eat if animals had rights? A standard assumption is that our food systems
would be plant-based. But maybe we should reject this assumption. Indeed, this book …

Abstract The dominance of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in global agriculture is
underscored by the production quantities of GM Maize and GM soybean. This review …

This introduction serves as a guide to potential readers by describing the structure and
organization of the main body of this book. The concept of risk frames the main ethical …

Biological individuality is without a doubt a key concept in philosophy of biology. Questions
around the individuality of organisms, species, and biological systems can be traced …

This concluding chapter situates the previous 13 chapters in the book within themes in the
philosophy of technology. I begin by asking how philosophy could contribute to the …

Food production is a complex matter, affecting people's lives, organizations' profits, and the
wellbeing of the whole planet and has multifaceted ethical considerations surrounding its …

This chapter completes coverage of environmental risks begun in Chap. 6, which
emphasized both the philosophical rationale for expected-value risk analysis, along with …

En este trabajo caracterizaremos al esencialismo, en tanto estilo de pensamiento que
moldea la forma de concebir la tecnología. Mostraremos su incidencia en el pesimismo …