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Title:

The ethics of animal re-creation and modification : reviving, rewilding, restoring / edited by Markku Oksanen and Helena Siipi.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 180 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Animal diversity conservation--Moral and ethical aspects.
Extinct animals--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Rare animals--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Endangered species--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Wildlife reintroduction--Moral and ethical aspects.
Restoration ecology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Other Authors:

Oksanen, Markku, 1966- editor.
Siipi, Helena, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Biodiversity and the value of human involvement / Markku Oksanen. Can we really re-create an extinct species by cloning? : a metaphysical analysis / Julien Delord -- The restorationist argument for extinction reversal / Derek Turner -- What's so special about reconstructing a mammoth? : ethics of breeding and biotechnology in re-creating extinct species / Christian Gamborg -- The authenticity of animals / Helena Siipi -- Bioengineered domestication : 'wild pets' as species conservation? / Elisa Aaltola -- From protection to restoration : a matter of responsible precaution / Anne I. Myhr and Bj©ırn K. Myskja -- Just fake it! : public understanding of ecological restoration / Bart Gremmen -- Biodiversity and the value of human involvement / Markku Oksanen.

ISBN:

113733763X
9781137337634

OCLC:

(OCoLC)864092994

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)