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The Ethics of Animal Re-creation and Modification

Reviving, Rewilding, Restoring

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Editors:
  1. Markku Oksanen

    1. Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, University of Turku, Finland

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  2. Helena Siipi

    1. University of Turku, Finland

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Towards a Philosophy of Resurrection Science

    • Markku Oksanen, Helena Siipi
    Pages 1-21

  3. Can We Really Re-create an Extinct Species by Cloning? A Metaphysical Analysis

    • Julien Delord
    Pages 22-39

  4. The Restorationist Argument for Extinction Reversal

    • Derek Turner
    Pages 40-59

  5. What’s So Special about Reconstructing a Mammoth? Ethics of Breeding and Biotechnology in Re-creating Extinct Species

    • Christian Gamborg
    Pages 60-76

  6. The Authenticity of Animals

    • Helena Siipi
    Pages 77-96

  7. Bioengineered Domestication: ‘Wild Pets’ as Species Conservation?

    • Elisa Aaltola
    Pages 97-116

  8. From Protection to Restoration: A Matter of Responsible Precaution

    • Anne I. Myhr, Bjørn K. Myskja
    Pages 117-133

  9. Just Fake It! Public Understanding of Ecological Restoration

    • Bart Gremmen
    Pages 134-149

  10. Biodiversity and the Value of Human Involvement

    • Markku Oksanen
    Pages 150-169

  11. Epilogue

    • Helena Siipi, Markku Oksanen
    Pages 170-173

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 175-180
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About this book

Would it be cool to see woolly mammoth alive one day? Disappeared species have always fascinated the human mind. A new discussion of using genomic technologies to reverse extinction and to help in conservation has been sparked. This volume studies the question philosophically.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, University of Turku, Finland

    Markku Oksanen

  • University of Turku, Finland

    Helena Siipi

About the editors

Elisa Aaltola, University of Eastern Finland Julien Delord, Toulouse, France Christian Gamborg, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Bart Gremmen, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Anne Ingeborg Myhr, GenØk - Centre for Biosafety in Tromsø, Norway Bjørn K. Myskja, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Derek Turner, Connecticut College in New London, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ethics of Animal Re-creation and Modification

  • Book Subtitle: Reviving, Rewilding, Restoring

  • Editors: Markku Oksanen, Helena Siipi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137337641

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-33763-4Published: 07 February 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-46383-1Published: 01 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-33764-1Published: 07 February 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 180

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Biochemistry, general

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