Animal Biotechnology and Ethics 1998 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface. List of contributors. 1. Introduction; A. Holland, A. Johnson. Part One: Scientific procedures and their applications. 2. Methods for genetic modification in farm animals and humans: present procedures and future opportunities; I. Wilmut. 3. Animal biotechnology in medicine; A. J. T. George. 4. Biotechnology in animal agriculture; G. E. Seidel Jr. 5. The effects of biotechnology on animal welfare; D. M. Broom. Part Two: The social context. 6. Why biotechnology? C. E. Rexroad Jr. 7. Campaigning against transgenic technology; J. D'Silva. 8. Consensus conferences and technological animals; L. Kluver. 9. The inevitability of animal biotechnology? Ethics and the scientific attitude; J. Burkhardt. 10. Needs, fears and fantasies; A. Johnson. Part Three: Ethical and conceptual issues. 11. Intervention, humility and animal integrity; D. E. Cooper. 12. On telos and genetic engineering; B. E. Rollin. 13. Intrinsic value and transgenic animals; R. Attfield. 14. Organs for transplant: animals, moral standing, and one view of the ethics of xenotransplantation; R. G. Frey. 15. Making up animals: the view from science fiction; S. R. L. Clark. 16. Species are dead: long live genes! A. Holland. Part Four: Policy and regulation. 17. Biotechnology policy: four ethical problems and three political solutions; P. B. Thompson. 18. Advisory considerations on the scientific basis of the food safety evaluation of transgenic animals; D. D. Jones. 19. Legislation and regulation: a view from the UK; M. Paver. 20. Animal patenting: European law and the ethical implications; P. Stevenson. 21. Controls on the care and use of experimental animals; D. W. Straughan, M. Balls. Part Five: Concluding essay. 22. Ethics, society and policy: a way forward; M. Banner. Index."