Commentary

At an international workshop on Transgenic Animals and Food Production in Stockholm in May 1997 Peter Sandoe, a Danish philosopher, characterized the difference between Europe and the United States in attitudes toward biotechnology as a difference between “why?” and “why not?” To do so, of course, s...

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Main Author: Schroten, Egbert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1998
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1998, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 196-198
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Summary:At an international workshop on Transgenic Animals and Food Production in Stockholm in May 1997 Peter Sandoe, a Danish philosopher, characterized the difference between Europe and the United States in attitudes toward biotechnology as a difference between “why?” and “why not?” To do so, of course, sins against the eleventh commandment, “Thou shalt not generalize,” but the distinction he draws is a concise way to highlight the differences in policymaking in matters of biotechnology.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180198222134