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The following publication is now available to order:

Title: Genetic Engineering and the Intrinsic Value and Integrity of Animals
and Plants -- Proceedings of a Workshop at the Royal Botanic Garden,
Edinburgh, UK.
Date: 18-21 September 2002

Editors: David Heaf & Johannes Wirz
Publisher: Ifgene - International Forum for Genetic Engineering,
Publication date: December 2002
ISBN: 0-9541035-1-3
Format: A4; 116 pages; 35 illustrations

Contents:

What do we mean by the intrinsic value and integrity of plants and animals?
-- Holmes Rolston III (Philosophy Department, Colorado University, USA);
Engineering genesis: pioneering genetic engineering and ethics in Scotland
-- Donald Bruce (Society, Religion & Technology Project, Scotland);
Seeing the integrity and intrinsic value of animals: developing
appreciative modes of understanding -- Craig Holdrege (The Nature
Institute, NY, USA);
Does genetic engineering impact the intrinsic value and integrity of
plants? -- Howard Davies (Scottish Crops Research Institute);
Phenomenological studies on transgenic potatoes: genetic modification adds
more than intended traits -- Ruth Richter (Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion,
Goetheanum, Switzerland);
Does genetic engineering impact the intrinsic value and integrity of
animals? -- Henk Verhoog (Louis Bolk Institute, Netherlands);
Does genetic engineering impact the intrinsic value and integrity of
animals? -- Harry Griffin (Roslin Institute, Scotland);
Why is it in the farmer's interest to pay attention to the intrinsic value
and integrity of animals and plants? -- Timothy Brink (Demeter Standards,
UK);
New rules for a new situation: protecting animals' interests in the era of
genetic engineering -- Mike Radford (Law Department, Aberdeen University,
Scotland);
Could genetic engineering be part of a sustainable breeding approach? --
Christina Henatsch (Kultursaat, Germany);
Naturalness and breeding in organic farming -- Ton Baars (Louis Bolk
Institute, Netherlands);
The socio-economic implications of biotechnology in agriculture: exploring
the issues -- Ben Davies, Caspian Richards and Clive L. Spash (Macaulay
Institute, Scotland);
Progress towards a science of organisms: genetically modified animals –
Bruce Whitelaw (Roslin Institute, Scotland);
Towards a science of organism: lessons to learn from phenomenology --
Johannes Wirz (Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion, Goetheanum, Switzerland);
Making a social contract for biotechnology -- Donald Bruce (Society,
Religion & Technology Project, Scotland);
Genetic engineering and intrinsic value: the New Zealand experience --
Alastair S. Gunn and Kelly A. Tudhope (Philosophy Department, Waikato
University, New Zealand);
The relation between ethics and aesthetics in connection with moral
judgements about gene technology -- Michael Hauskeller (Exeter Genomics
Research Centre, UK);
Maize landrace integrity and transgenic introgression: the recent Mexican
experience -- Fernando Ortiz Monasterio (Cibiogem, Mexico);
Experts and the public assessing intrinsic ethical concerns: experiences
with the Dutch animal biotechnology policy -- Lino Paula (Ecological &
Evolutionary Sciences Institute, Leiden, Netherlands);
Substantial equivalence and ethical equivalence: contrasting approaches --
Sylvie Pouteau (National Agricultural Research Institute (INRA), France);
The intrinsic value of micro-organisms -- Judyth Sassoon (Biochemistry
Department, Bath University, UK).

Includes transcripts of all discussions.

Summary and full details of how to order are at:
http://www.anth.org/ifgene/2002.htm

Enquiries:
David Heaf
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Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1766 523181
Ifgene UK
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