Bioprospecting microbial biodiversity for sustainable futures: An ethics of exploitation?

Sammanfattning

Bioprospecting is the systematic searching for genetic or biochemical information in nature for some
useful purpose. We review ethical issues bioprospecting and examine novel practices of bioprospecting
in microbial biodiversity. Combining consideration from engineering ethics and environmental ethics,
we outline a heuristic checklist for moral justifiability of a microbial bioprospecting. The checklist
consists of a Precautionary Principle, a Biocentric Principle of Proportionality, and a Lockean Proviso.

Nyckelord

biocentrism; Lockean proviso; precautionary principle

Publicerad i

Titel: EurSafe2024 Proceedings : Back to the future - Sustainable innovations for ethical food production and consumption
Utgivare: Brill

Konferens

EurSafe2024, Back to the future: Sustainable innovations for ethical food production and consumption, September 11-14, 2024, Ede, The Netherlands

SLU författare

• Sandin, Per

  • Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Etik
Biokemi och molekylärbiologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004715509_069
• eISBN: 978-90-04-71550-9

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/132848