dc.contributor.author | Kershen, Drew L. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | eng |
dc.description | "This commentary is a revision of a paper presented to the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), Forum on Biotechnology, February 2, 2000, in Colorado Springs, Colorado." | eng |
dc.description.abstract | The General Synod Board for Social Responsibility of the Church of England (1999) issued a report entitled Genetically Modified Organisms: A Briefing Paper. In this report, that is cautiously favorable towards biotechnology, the Synod Board states that enormous concern exists at the prospect of genetically modifying organisms arising from a sense that genetically modified foods are radically unnatural. In this paper, I will explore this concern that the genetic modification of organisms is unnatural as a reflection of competing concepts about the natural world. As I undertake this exploration, I acknowledge that the concept of the natural is immensely complex and that my comments barely grapple with the complexities. Despite these limitations, the concept of the natural B discerning the boundary between the natural and the unnatural B appears to be central to the debate about biotechnology. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | AgBioForum 3(1) 2000: 69-74. | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 1522-936X | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/1177 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | AgBioForum | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | AgBioForum, vol. 3, no. 1 (2000) | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/v3n1/v3n1a11-kershen.htm | eng |
dc.subject | natural world | eng |
dc.subject | genetically modifying organisms (GMOs) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gaia hypothesis | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Naturalism | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Bacillus thuringiensis | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Corn -- Genetic engineering -- Insect resistance -- Government policy | eng |
dc.title | The concept of natural : implications for biotechnology regulation | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |