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Foreword-First Edition | p. ix |
Foreword-Second Edition | p. xvii |
Preface | p. xxi |
Acknowledgments-First Edition | p. xxxi |
Acknowledgments-Second Edition | p. xxxiii |
The Horizon of Agricultural Ethics | p. 1 |
Scientific Truth and Myth | p. 3 |
The Conduct of Agricultural Science | p. 15 |
What Research Ought to Be Done? | p. 23 |
When Things Go Wrong-Balancing Technology's Safety and Risk | p. 29 |
The Development of Herbicides | p. 30 |
Progress of Weed Science | p. 35 |
Challenges | p. 38 |
The Continuing Debate | p. 45 |
A Brief Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Ethical Theories | p. 53 |
Science and Emotion | p. 55 |
Universal Values | p. 57 |
Ethics in Agriculture | p. 59 |
Contemporary Normative Ethics | p. 61 |
Ethical Theories Relevant to Agriculture | p. 63 |
Ethical Egoism | p. 64 |
Social Contract Theory | p. 65 |
Virtue Ethics | p. 66 |
Deontological or Kantian Ethics | p. 68 |
Utilitarianism | p. 69 |
Applying Ethics in Agriculture and Agricultural Science | p. 72 |
Multiple Strategies Utilitarianism | p. 75 |
Moral Confidence in Agriculture | p. 81 |
The Benefits and Costs of Modern Agriculture | p. 82 |
Goals for Agriculture | p. 90 |
Social Goals for Agriculture | p. 91 |
Environmental Goals for Agriculture | p. 93 |
Expanding Agriculture's Moral Scope | p. 97 |
The Utilitarian Standard | p. 98 |
The Relevance of the Western Agricultural Model | p. 99 |
Bottom-line Thinking | p. 100 |
Sustainability | p. 100 |
Conclusion | p. 102 |
The Relevance of Ethics to Agriculture and Weed Science | p. 109 |
Agricultural Sustainability | p. 121 |
The Present Agricultural Situation: The Example of Weed Management | p. 124 |
The Moral Case for Sustainability | p. 132 |
What is Sustainability? | p. 136 |
Why must Sustainability be Achieved? | p. 139 |
A Concluding Comment About Sustainable Weed Science | p. 144 |
Biotechnology | p. 149 |
The Debate | p. 150 |
Technological Problems | p. 152 |
Regulation | p. 154 |
Arguments in Favor of Agricultural Biotechnology | p. 157 |
Arguments Opposed to Agricultural Biotechnology | p. 165 |
Feeding the World | p. 167 |
Harm to Human Health | p. 170 |
Harm to the Environment | p. 172 |
Transgenic Technology and Sustainable Agricultural Systems | p. 175 |
The Role of Large Companies | p. 179 |
The Moral Arguments | p. 180 |
Labeling and Biotechnology in the US and the EU | p. 181 |
Effects on Family Farms | p. 184 |
Academic-Industry Relationships | p. 186 |
Transgenic Pharming | p. 187 |
The Precautionary Principle | p. 188 |
Alternative/Organic Agricultural Systems | p. 197 |
Characteristics of Alternative/Organic Systems | p. 199 |
The Farmers and Productivity | p. 200 |
Transition and Advantages | p. 203 |
Ethical Problems | p. 206 |
Animal Agriculture | p. 211 |
Western Thought and the Line | p. 211 |
A Person | p. 212 |
Arguments in Support of Animal Agriculture | p. 215 |
Arguments Against Animal Agriculture | p. 216 |
Animal Biotechnology | p. 221 |
A New Technology | p. 224 |
A Final Word | p. 225 |
A Glimpse Ahead | p. 229 |
Six Important Issues/Problems/Matters of Concern | p. 231 |
Agricultural Production/Soil Erosion/and Desertification | p. 232 |
Depletion of Water Resources | p. 234 |
Climate Change | p. 238 |
Pollution | p. 239 |
Loss of Farmers | p. 240 |
Population | p. 243 |
Dominant Scientific Myths | p. 243 |
The Myth of Infinite Benefit | p. 244 |
The Myth that Science and Scientists are Value Free | p. 245 |
The Myth of Unfettered Research | p. 246 |
The Myth of Accountability | p. 247 |
The Myth of Authoritativeness | p. 247 |
The Myth of the Endless Frontier | p. 248 |
Production and Ethics | p. 248 |
The Imperative of Responsibility | p. 250 |
Finding Partners | p. 253 |
Mission Statements | p. 255 |
The Role of the University | p. 259 |
Sustainability as a Goal | p. 263 |
Conclusion | p. 269 |
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