Ethics, Law And Society - Volume 4

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This is the fourth volume in a series exploring key issues in ethics, law and society, published in association with the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society. This work presents a selection of papers and commentaries on topics in Agriculture and Food, Bioethics, and Ethics and Society. Multidisciplinary in approach, the book provides a valuable resource for all those concerned with contemporary ethical issues.

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Ethics, La w and S oci ety This page has been left blank intentionally Ethics, Law and S ociety Volume IV Jennif er Gunnin Edited by g, S ør en H o lm and Ian K enw a y University of Cardiff, UK © Jennifer Gunning, S øren H olm and Ian Kenway 2009 A ll rights reserved. N o part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Jennifer Gunning, S øren H olm and Ian Kenway have asserted their moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identi.ed as the editors of this work. Published by A shgate Publishing Limited A shgate Publishing C ompany W ey C ourt East S uite 420 U nion R oad 101 C herry S treet F arnham Burlington S urrey, GU 9 7PT VT 05401-4405 England USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Ethics, law and society Vol. 4 1. Professional ethics 2. Law and ethics 3. Bioethics 4. S ocial ethics 5. H uman rights I. Gunning, Jennifer II . H olm, S øren III . Kenway, Ian IV. C ardiff C entre for Ethics, Law & S ociety 174 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ethics, law and society / edited by Jennifer Gunning, S øren H olm and Ian Kenway p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. IS BN 978-0-7546-7646-1 1. A pplied ethics. 2. Law. 3. C ivilization. I. Gunning, Jennifer. II . H olm, S øren. III . Kenway, Ian. BJ1581.2.E85 2005 170--dc22 IS BN : 978 0 7546 7646 1 2005007651 C ontents List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors    Acknowledgment   List of Abbreviations    ix xi xxi xxiii INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction   Jennifer Gunning, Søren Holm and Ian Kenway 3 PART I: ETHICAL ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD 2 M odern F arming Practices and A nimal W elfare   Joyce D’Silva 7 3 A nimal Integrity in M odern F arming   Kate Millar and David Morton 19 4 CA P R eforms: Effects on A griculture and Environment   Franz Sinabell and Erwin Schmid 31 5 T he Ethics of A nimal C loning   Christian Gamborg, Mickey Gjerris and Peter Sandøe 43 6 European F ood R egulation and A ccountability: T he Interplay of Influences Shaping the New Regulatory Terrain   Samarthia Thankappan 55 7 Globalization and S ustainability in A griculture: R ole of Law and Ethics   John Hodges 91 8 Production Economics, Markets and Assurance Programmes for F arm A nimal W elfare   Michael C. Appleby 105 Ethics, Law and Society: Volume IV vi PART II: BIOETHICS 9 Puzzle-Solving for Fun and Profit: The Abusive Potential of Non-Genetic Health Data in Epidemiological Biobanks   Anne Maria Skrikerud and Jon Grov 10 The Ethical Topography of Research Biobanking   Jan Reinert Karlsen and Roger Strand 117 127 11 F uzzy Law Encountering Life, D eath, and M orality: A R eport on N ine C linical Ethics C ommittees’ Legal C onsiderations   Reidar Pedersen and Reidun Førde 149 12 165 Bioethics, Biopower and the Post-Genomic C hallenge   Kjetil Rommetveit 13 W hat’s W rong with Genetic Inequality?   Claudi
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