Agriculture's Ethical Horizon

by Robert L Zimdahl

Overview

Agriculture’s Ethical Horizon: Third Edition covers the changing environment in which practitioners of agriculture are challenged to produce food for the world. Fully revised and updated, the book encourages discussions on the moral questions that agriculture faces, including what goals should agricultural science pursue and how should practitioners address important ethical questions which are different and more complex than the dominating questions of production? The book presents the story of agriculture from the blood, sweat and tears era, to the present genetic era, including the paradox of agriculture.

This book is ideal for agricultural students, practitioners and anyone who would like to understand the tremendous responsibility of agricultural production. It presents a foundation for the important discussions and decisions that will be necessary to support the future of agriculture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123914781
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	01/30/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Robert L. Zimdahl is a Professor of Weed Science at Colorado State University. He received his Ph.D. in Agronomy from Oregon State University. Among his many honors and awards, Dr. Zimdahl was elected a Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America in 1986 and currently serves as editor of that society’s journal, Weed Science. He has been a member of several international task forces and has authored a number of books and articles on the subject of weed science. He is the author of Fundamentals of Weed Science, and Six Chemicals that Changed Agriculture both from Elsevier.

Table of Contents

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

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This important book explores agriculture's ethical horizon: the boundary line that separates and delineates one's outlook and knowledge

Editorial Reviews

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

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