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Value conflicts in Agriculture

Value conflicts in Agriculture William Aiken William Aiken is pro- Like so many human about responsibility to fessor of Philosophy, endeavors , controversy in consumers? The main conflict Chatham College. He agriculture arises more over here is over the ultimate aim has published in the area of ethics, human values than techniques. But of agriculture. Is it rights, and food policy. value questions are hard to primarily to meet the He is co-editor of World Hunger and Mo- deal with. It is not difficult nutritional needs of consumers ral Obligation, or is it primarily to maximize to identify the value profits? Is there some special assumptions presupposed by our beliefs and actions. But it is responsibility in the extremely difficult to assess agriculture industry that other and make judgements on those industries do not have because assumptions. Are our values its product is essential for good ones? Can we, in good human life? Are standard faith, defend our values marketing techniques, which against criticism? emphasize shaping consumer Of the many current preferences to more profitable controversies surrounding items, jutifiable even when the American agriculture which are nutritional value of those essentially controversies over items is disregarded? Many values, I think that two are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Value conflicts in Agriculture

Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 1 (1) – Jul 24, 2005

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Publisher
Springer Journals
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Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
eISSN
1572-8366
DOI
10.1007/BF02058043
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Abstract

William Aiken William Aiken is pro- Like so many human about responsibility to fessor of Philosophy, endeavors , controversy in consumers? The main conflict Chatham College. He agriculture arises more over here is over the ultimate aim has published in the area of ethics, human values than techniques. But of agriculture. Is it rights, and food policy. value questions are hard to primarily to meet the He is co-editor of World Hunger and Mo- deal with. It is not difficult nutritional needs of consumers ral Obligation, or is it primarily to maximize to identify the value profits? Is there some special assumptions presupposed by our beliefs and actions. But it is responsibility in the extremely difficult to assess agriculture industry that other and make judgements on those industries do not have because assumptions. Are our values its product is essential for good ones? Can we, in good human life? Are standard faith, defend our values marketing techniques, which against criticism? emphasize shaping consumer Of the many current preferences to more profitable controversies surrounding items, jutifiable even when the American agriculture which are nutritional value of those essentially controversies over items is disregarded? Many values, I think that two are

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Agriculture and Human ValuesSpringer Journals

Published: Jul 24, 2005

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