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Agriculture's Ethical Horizon
This important book explores agriculture's ethical horizon: the boundary line that separates and delineates one's outlook and knowledge
Robert L Zimdahl (Author)
9780124160439, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 30 January 2012
308 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.62 kg
Praise for the first edition:"This book takes on the largest scientific and ethical challenge of our past and present and does so in an engaging manner." - Wes Jackson, President, The Land Institute Agriculture's Ethical Horizon is both a competent review of value conflicts in agriculture and a striking tale of the intellectual, even spiritual, transformation of an agriculturalist who was a leader in one agriculture's most dramatic technical revolutions, the development of chemical weed control. Everyone will find something to criticize. No alert reader will be left unaffected and most will have responses which, in their sense of being intellectually cool, they will have to admit are profoundly emotional--one way or the other. I predict that whole conferences will be based on this book. Historians of environmental sciences should pay particular attention." - Stanislaus J. Dundon, California State University, Sacramento
The second edition of Agriculture's Ethical Horizon is a carefully considered application of philosophical concepts, such as utilitarianism and positivism, to the practice of agricultural science. Author Robert Zimdahl argues for an approach to agriculture guided by foundational values, and addresses the questions: What are the goals of agricultural and weed science? What should their goals be? How do and how should the practitioners of agriculture address complex ethical questions? This book engages students, researchers, and professionals across disciplines including horticulture, soil and plant science, entomology, and more, all without requiring a background in philosophy. It examines topics such as scientific truth and myth, moral confidence in agriculture, the relevance of ethics to sustainability, and biotechnology. New to this edition is a chapter examining the raising, housing and slaughter of animals for human food, and a chapter on alternative and organic agricultural systems.
1. The Horizon of Agricultural Ethics2. The Conduct of Agricultural Science3. When Things Go Wrong: Balancing Technology's Safety and Risk4. A Brief Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Ethical Theories5. Moral Confidence in Agriculture6. The Relevance of Ethics to Agriculture and Weed Science7. Agricultural Sustainability8. Biotechnology9. Alternative/Organic Agricultural Systems10. Animal Agriculture11. A Glimpse Ahead
Subject Areas: Horticulture [TVS], Plant reproduction & propagation [PSTL]
