Values and objectivity in science : the current controversy about transgenic crops / Hugh Lacey.

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Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2005.
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245 1 0 |a Values and objectivity in science :  |b the current controversy about transgenic crops /  |c Hugh Lacey. 
260 |a Lanham, Md. :  |b Lexington Books,  |c c2005. 
300 |a xiii, 289 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index. 
505 0 |g 1.  |t How the sciences are and are not value free --  |g 2.  |t Objectivity and serving human well-being --  |g 3.  |t The distinction between cognitive and social values --  |g 4.  |t Incommensurability and "multicultural science" --  |g 5.  |t The social location of scientific practices --  |g 6.  |t The controversy about transgenics : structure and opposing interests --  |g 7.  |t Strategies for research in agricultural science --  |g 8.  |t Benefits of using transgenics --  |g 9.  |t Environmental risks of the development and use of transgenics --  |g 10.  |t Alternative ("better") forms of farming --  |g 11.  |t The sociocultural location of alternatives to transgenics. 
650 0 |a Science  |x Philosophy. 
650 0 |a Science  |x Social aspects. 
650 0 |a Transgenic plants. 
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991 |a 2005-11-04 
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