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Doug Elliott: Swarm Tree: of Honeybees, Honeymoons and the Tree of Life   New window
Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 09:33

Doug Elliott: Swarm Tree: of Honeybees, Honeymoons and the Tree of Life

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9221-2
  • Authors
    • Charles Francis, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Agronomy and Horticulture Department 279 Plant Science Bldg. Lincoln NE 68583-0915 USA
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Donna Erickson., MetroGreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities, 2006   New window
Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 09:33

Donna Erickson., MetroGreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities, 2006

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9220-3
  • Authors
    • Charles Francis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Agronomy and Horticulture Department 279 Plant Science Bldg. Lincoln NE 68583-0915 USA
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Curtis White, The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature   New window
Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 09:33

Curtis White, The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9219-9
  • Authors
    • Julia L. Lapp, Ithaca College Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education Hill Center #29 Ithaca NY 14850 USA
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Frederick R. Steiner (ed): The Essential Ian McHarg: Writings on Design and Nature, 2006   New window
Date: Thursday, 05 Nov 2009 08:02

Frederick R. Steiner (ed): The Essential Ian McHarg: Writings on Design and Nature, 2006

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9217-y
  • Authors
    • Ruth Beilin, University of Melbourne Landscape Sociologist, Department of Resource Management and Geography, Melbourne School of Land and Environment Melbourne VIC 3010 Australia
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Mulesing and Animal Ethics   New window
Date: Thursday, 05 Nov 2009 08:02

Abstract  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called for a ban on mulesing in the Australian sheep industry in 2004. Mulesing is a surgical procedure that removes wool-bearing skin from the tail and breech area of sheep in order to prevent flystrike (cutaneous myiasis). Flystrike occurs when flies lay their eggs in soiled areas of wool on the sheep and can be fatal for the sheep host. PETA claimed that mulesing subjects sheep to unnecessary pain and suffering and took action against the Australian wool industry that resulted in a number of international clothing retailers choosing not to use Australian wool. Although the Australian sheep industry agreed to phase out mulesing in 2010, there is some uncertainty as to whether this deadline will be achieved. The changing social ethic towards animal welfare suggests that the way the Australian sheep industry manages the phase out of mulesing in 2010 is vital to its future survival and success. It is likely that if mulesing does not cease in 2010 there will be a negative market reaction to Australian wool and the risk of legislation to ban mulesing. To avoid losing control of its animal welfare strategy, the Australian sheep industry should ensure that mulesing is phased out in 2010 and endorse the animal welfare ethic underpinning this change. The industry should also educate farmers and other industry stakeholders in how the changing social ethic for animal welfare can create new market opportunities for wool.

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  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9216-z
  • Authors
    • Joanne Sneddon, The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley WA 6009 Australia
    • Bernard Rollin, Colorado State University Department of Philosophy Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
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A Cultural Journey to the Agro-Food Crisis: Policy Discourses in the EU   New window
Date: Friday, 30 Oct 2009 07:36

Abstract  The agro-food domain in Europe is characterized by the appearance of recurrent unwanted surprises. These events, although causing obvious physical consequences, in essence depart from the expectations of the society. We argue that this unstable situation is best understood as an identity crisis of agriculture rather than as a contingent crisis of a specific economic sector. Thus the present agro-food crisis is in fact a crisis of identity. This is clearly reflected by the cohabitation within the agro-food policy domain of different, often contradictory, policy discourses, namely: free tradism, multifunctionality, and agroecology. All of them try to impose their particular visions. All of them struggle to issue the policy measures they conceive as appropriate.

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  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9214-1
  • Authors
    • Feliu López-i-Gelats, Autonomous University of Barcelona Department of Food and Animal Science, Research Group for Agriculture, Livestock and Food Under Globalisation Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Catalonia Spain
    • J. David Tàbara, Autonomous University of Barcelona Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Catalonia Spain
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G. A. Cohen: Why Not Socialism?   New window
Date: Friday, 30 Oct 2009 07:36

G. A. Cohen: Why Not Socialism?

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9213-2
  • Authors
    • Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Economics 92 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester NY 14623-5604 USA
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K. Kulver and D. Castle (eds): Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation   New window
Date: Friday, 30 Oct 2009 07:36

K. Kulver and D. Castle (eds): Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9215-0
  • Authors
    • Cornelia Butler Flora, Iowa State University Sociology and Agriculture and Life Sciences 107 Curtiss Hall Ames IA 50011-1050 USA
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Taylor F. Lockwood, The Good, the Bad and the Deadly. Knowing the Poisonous Mushrooms. A DVD   New window
Date: Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009 18:28

Taylor F. Lockwood, The Good, the Bad and the Deadly. Knowing the Poisonous Mushrooms. A DVD

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9212-3
  • Authors
    • Miriam de Roman, University of Duisburg-Essen Department of Botany-Plant Ecology 45117 Essen Germany
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Science and Society in Dialogue About Marker Assisted Selection   New window
Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 16:57

Abstract  Analysis of a European Union funded biotechnology project on plant genomics and marker assisted selection in Solanaceous crops shows that the organization of a dialogue between science and society to accompany technological innovations in plant breeding faces practical challenges. Semi-structured interviews with project participants and a survey among representatives of consumer and other non-governmental organizations show that the professed commitment to dialogue on science and biotechnology is rather shallow and has had limited application for all involved. Ultimately, other priorities tend to prevail because of high workload. The paper recommends including results from previous debates and input from societal groups in the research design phase (prior to communication), to use appropriate media to disseminate information and to make explicit how societal feedback is used in research, in order to facilitate true dialogue between science and society on biotechnology.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9211-4
  • Authors
    • Marianne Benard, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences De Boelelaan 1081 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
    • Huib de Vriend, LIS Consult Hogesteeg 9 3972 JS Driebergen The Netherlands
    • Paul van Haperen, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) Methodische Ethiek en Technology Assessment (META) Hollandseweg 1 6706 KN Wageningen The Netherlands
    • Volkert Beekman, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) P.O. Box 29703 2502 LS The Hague The Netherlands
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Ethical Issues in Aquaculture Production   New window
Date: Friday, 18 Sep 2009 06:18

Abstract  The ethical issues raised by aquaculture were analyzed. A modification of the Ethical Matrix of the Food Ethics Council for the evaluation of novel foods was used; the Ethical Matrix was changed in order to include the various aquaculture production stages separately. The following stages were distinguished: the breeding stage, the growth/feeding stage, the “other-handling” stage (that includes disease and treatment, transportation of organisms, killing procedure, and DNA vaccinations), and the commercialization stage. The ethical issues concerning the producers, the consumers, the environment, and the aquacultured organisms, are discussed. This scheme was fitted to the intensive cage-culture of carnivorous fish. The differences with other forms of aquaculture are discussed, and how the scheme extrapolates to them. The ethical evaluation of aquaculture, in practice, will be rather a utilitarian balancing of cost and benefits of the respective actions. The desired characteristics of an ethical evaluation have been also outlined. Ethical evaluation should not be limited to a purely scientific analysis; it should be holistic, comparable to available alternatives, and should have the flexibility to incorporate new data generated in the fast growing/continuous changing aquaculture sector.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Articles
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9210-5
  • Authors
    • Kriton Grigorakis, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Aquaculture Agios Kosmas, Hellinikon 16777 Athens Greece
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Karen M. O’Neill: Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control   New window
Date: Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 12:31

Karen M. O’Neill: Rivers by Design: State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9207-0
  • Authors
    • Terrie A. Becerra, Kansas State University Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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Richard W. Bulliet: Cotton, Climate and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History   New window
Date: Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 13:07

Richard W. Bulliet: Cotton, Climate and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9209-y
  • Authors
    • Richard Foltz, Concordia University Montreal Canada
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From the Editor   New window
Date: Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 13:07

From the Editor

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9208-z
  • Authors
    • Richard P. Haynes, University of Florida Gainesville FL USA
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Editorial   New window
Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009 11:15

Editorial

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9206-1
  • Authors
    • Richard P. Haynes, Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society Gainesville FL 32608 USA
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What is Speciesism?   New window
Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009 08:19

Abstract  In spite of the considerable literature nowadays existing on the issue of the moral exclusion of nonhuman animals, there is still work to be done concerning the characterization of the conceptual framework with which this question can be appraised. This paper intends to tackle this task. It starts by defining speciesism as the unjustified disadvantageous consideration or treatment of those who are not classified as belonging to a certain species. It then clarifies some common misunderstandings concerning what this means. Next, it rejects the idea that there are different kinds of speciesism. Such an idea may result from confusion because there are (1) different ways in which speciesism can be defended; and (2) different speciesist positions, that is, different positions that assume speciesism among their premises. Depending on whether or not these views assume other criteria for moral consideration apart from speciesism, they can be combined or simple speciesist positions. But speciesism remains in all cases the same idea. Finally, the paper examines the concept of anthropocentrism, the disadvantageous treatment or consideration of those who are not members of the human species. This notion must be conceptually distinguished from speciesism and from misothery (aversion to nonhuman animals). Anthropocentrism is shown to be refuted because it either commits a petitio principia fallacy or it falls prey to two arguments: the argument from species overlap (widely but misleadingly known as “argument from marginal cases”) and the argument from relevance. This rebuttal identifies anthropocentrism as a speciesist view.

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  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9205-2
  • Authors
    • Oscar Horta, Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología C/ Rosario Pino, 14-16 28020 Madrid Spain
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Scott J. Peters, Nicholas R. Jordan, Margaret Adamek, Theodore R. Alter (eds): Engaging Campus and Community   New window
Date: Wednesday, 12 Aug 2009 15:58

Scott J. Peters, Nicholas R. Jordan, Margaret Adamek, Theodore R. Alter (eds): Engaging Campus and Community

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9202-5
  • Authors
    • Frederick Kirschenmann, Iowa State University Leopold Center Ames IA USA
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Environmental Virtue Ethics Special Issue: Introduction   New window
Date: Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 08:14

Environmental Virtue Ethics Special Issue: Introduction

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  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9204-3
  • Authors
    • Philip Cafaro, Colorado State University Philosophy Department Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
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Ethical Theory and the Problem of Inconsequentialism: Why Environmental Ethicists Should be Virtue-Oriented Ethicists   New window
Date: Friday, 07 Aug 2009 13:40

Abstract  Many environmental problems are longitudinal collective action problems. They arise from the cumulative unintended effects of a vast amount of seemingly insignificant decisions and actions by individuals who are unknown to each other and distant from each other. Such problems are likely to be effectively addressed only by an enormous number of individuals each making a nearly insignificant contribution to resolving them. However, when a person’s making such a contribution appears to require sacrifice or costs, the problem of inconsequentialism arises: given that a person’s contribution, although needed (albeit not necessary), is nearly inconsequential to addressing the problem and may require some cost from the standpoint of the person’s own life, why should the person make the effort, particularly when it is uncertain (or even unlikely) whether others will do so? In this article I argue that justifications for making the effort to respond to longitudinal collective action environmental problems are, on the whole, particularly well supported by virtue-oriented normative theories, on which character traits are evaluated as virtues and vices consequentially or teleologically and actions are evaluated in terms of virtues and vices. If ethical theories are to be assessed on their theoretical and practical adequacy, and if providing a compelling response to the problem of inconsequentialism is an instance of such adequacy, then this is a reason for preferring virtue-oriented ethical theory over non-virtue-oriented ethical theories, such as Kantian, act utilitarian, and global utilitarian theories.

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  • Category Articles
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9203-4
  • Authors
    • Ronald Sandler, Northeastern University Department of Philosophy and Religion 371 Holmes Hall Boston MA 02115-5000 USA
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Christopher J. Preston: Saving Creation: Nature and Faith in the Life of Holmes Rolston III   New window
Date: Monday, 03 Aug 2009 06:05

Christopher J. Preston: Saving Creation: Nature and Faith in the Life of Holmes Rolston III

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Book Review
  • DOI 10.1007/s10806-009-9201-6
  • Authors
    • Doug Seale, 21 Turner Ridge Road Marlborough MA 01752 USA
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