Resurrecting extinct species : ethics and authenticity / Douglas Ian Campbell, Patrick Michael Whittle.
2017
QH332 .C363 2017
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Title
Resurrecting extinct species : ethics and authenticity / Douglas Ian Campbell, Patrick Michael Whittle.
ISBN
9783319695785 (electronic book)
3319695789 (electronic book)
9783319695778
3319695789 (electronic book)
9783319695778
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017].
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
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QH332 .C363 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
591.68
Summary
This book is about the philosophy of de-extinction. To make an extinct species ‘de-extinct’ is to resurrect it by creating new organisms of the same, or similar, appearance and genetics. The book describes current attempts to resurrect three species, the aurochs, woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon. It then investigates two major philosophical questions such projects throw up. These are the Authenticity Question—‘will the products of de-extinction be authentic members of the original species?’—and the Ethical Question—‘is de-extinction something that should be done?' The book surveys and critically evaluates a raft of arguments for and against the authenticity or de-extinct organisms, and for and against the ethical legitimacy of de-extinction. It concludes, first, that authentic de-extinctions are actually possible, and second, that de-extinction can potentially be ethically legitimate, especially when deployed as part of a ‘freeze now and resurrect later’ conservation strategy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Whittle, Patrick Michael, author.
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Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents
Conservation in a brave new world
Three case studies: aurochs, mammoths and passenger pigeons
Real or fake? The authenticity question
Ethical arguments for and against de-extinction.
Three case studies: aurochs, mammoths and passenger pigeons
Real or fake? The authenticity question
Ethical arguments for and against de-extinction.