Environmental Ethics - for iPod/iPhone

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To what extent does Man have a right to exploit nature in order to live? Do animals have rights? Should we modify the genes of crops if it allows us to increase production, and even alleviate poverty? This album explores the arguments for and against genetically-modified crops, hearing the views of a dairy farmer competing in the global market, a GM scientist, an activist who believes GM crops are unsustainable, and an organic cultivator. The various views reveal how the debate is made complex by differing worldviews and global politics, and academic Ruth Chadwick provides an ethicist's perspective. This material forms part of The Open University course T861 Environmental ethics.

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  1. 2010. 02. 11.

    Environmental Ethics

    A short introduction to this album.

    1분

  2. 2010. 02. 11.

    Transcript -- Environmental Ethics

    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

  3. 2008. 05. 15. ·  비디오

    The dairy farmer

    A British farmer explains his perspective on GM crops.

    3분

  4. 2008. 05. 15.

    Transcript -- The dairy farmer

    Transcript -- A British farmer explains his perspective on GM crops.

  5. 2008. 05. 15. ·  비디오

    The crop scientist

    A scientist explains why he views genetically modified crops as a benign technology.

    4분

  6. 2008. 05. 15.

    Transcript -- The crop scientist

    Transcript -- A scientist explains why he views genetically modified crops as a benign technology.

  7. 2008. 05. 15. ·  비디오

    The activist

    A campaigner explains her biocentric worldview and how this affects her stance on GM crops.

    3분

  8. 2008. 05. 15.

    Transcript -- The activist

    Transcript -- A campaigner explains her biocentric worldview and how this affects her stance on GM crops.

  9. 2008. 05. 15. ·  비디오

    The organic farmer

    An organic farmer explains why organic cultivation is the best alternative to modifying the genetics of crops.

    4분

  10. 2008. 05. 15.

    Transcript -- The organic farmer

    Transcript -- An organic farmer explains why organic cultivation is the best alternative to modifying the genetics of crops.

  11. 2008. 05. 15. ·  비디오

    GM: points of view

    Some of the views that feed into the policy-making process.

    2분

  12. 2008. 05. 15.

    Transcript -- GM: points of view

    Transcript -- Some of the views that feed into the policy-making process.

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To what extent does Man have a right to exploit nature in order to live? Do animals have rights? Should we modify the genes of crops if it allows us to increase production, and even alleviate poverty? This album explores the arguments for and against genetically-modified crops, hearing the views of a dairy farmer competing in the global market, a GM scientist, an activist who believes GM crops are unsustainable, and an organic cultivator. The various views reveal how the debate is made complex by differing worldviews and global politics, and academic Ruth Chadwick provides an ethicist's perspective. This material forms part of The Open University course T861 Environmental ethics.

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