Donald S Maier: 2 books
Designer Biology
The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached...
What's So Good About Biodiversity?
A Call for Better Reasoning About Nature's Value
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
There has been a deluge of material on biodiversity, starting from a trickle back in the mid-1980's. However, this book is entirely unique in its treatment of the topic. It is unique in its meticulously crafted, scientifically informed, philosophical examination of the norms and values that are at...