Overview
- examines the importance of a firm ethical foundation for agricultural activities
- new chapters provide ethical considerations for the challenges facing agriculture today and in the future
- provides an rigorous exploration of the ethics of agriculture
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This volume is an update to Weed Science- A Plea for Thought-Revisited published by Springer in 2012. More than a decade after the first edition, ethical discussion on the use of pesticides for weed management is largely absent. Startingly, weed science and agriculture have continued on the same path and are still dominated by capital chemical and energy intensive practices, including the paralysis of pesticides. This second edition expands upon the first, using recent data to confirm the dominance of herbicides. The revision includes chapters which emphasize the role of ethics in agriculture and the reasons it should, but has not yet become part of agricultural education. This includes suggestions on how education in agricultural ethics should be shifting and whose responsibility it is. The revised version also includes a discussion on the role of genetically modified crops and the consequences of using these crops-both positive and negative.
Scientists have developed a wealth of knowledge they bring to the surface of their disciplinary silos. Yet there needs to be greater discussion on the necessity and risks of agricultural science and technology. This revised version provides a rigorous examination of weed science’s goals and ethics and challenges the way we manage weeds and agriculture.
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About the author
Professor Zimdahl has a B.S. and M.S. from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. from Oregon State University. He was Professor of Weed Science in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management at Colorado State University (CSU) where he taught both graduate and undergraduate courses. He received the Colorado State University Governing Board - Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. Since 2005 he has been Professor Emeritus of CSU. During his academic career, which spanned over three decades, he was Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America, Western Society of Weed Science, and American Society of Agronomy. He was the editor of Weed Science for 9 years. Prof Zimdahl has authored 20 books, nine book chapters and over 100 journal publications. He lives in Colorado and has three adult children.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reflections on the Role of Ethics in Agriculture
Authors: Robert Zimdahl
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62941-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-62940-2Published: 02 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-62943-3Due: 02 August 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-62941-9Published: 01 July 2024
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 79
Topics: Agriculture, Agricultural Ethics