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- Title
Positionen in der umweltethischen Debatte über transgene Nutzpflanzen.
- Authors
Gregorowius, Daniel
- Abstract
The ongoing debate on the use of transgenic crops in agriculture and its possible ecological consequences is well into its third decade. Within this debate, three moral positions can be identified that rest upon different theories of normative ethics: a consequentialist, a deontological and a virtue ethical position. Although the debate cannot be fully resolved, a closer examination of the functions of the different moral positions is warranted in order to find constructive approaches for managing the controversy. Such an examination could contribute to a more objective debate on the use of transgenic crops. As a first step to achieve this goal the author develops criteria for ethical decision-making that integrate the different moral positions.
- Subjects
TRANSGENIC plants; AGRICULTURE; NORMATIVITY (Ethics); DEONTOLOGICAL ethics; DECISION making; BIOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC organisms
- Publication
GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science & Society, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 2, p115
- ISSN
0940-5550
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14512/gaia.22.2.10