What’s so special about reconstructing a mammoth?: Ethics of breeding and biotechnology in re-creating extinct species

Christian Gamborg

What’s so special about reconstructing a mammoth? Ethics of breeding and biotechnology in re-creating extinct species

Section for Environment and Natural Resources

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Abstract

Resurrection efforts are not just about ways of changing animals but about ways of changing nature. The re-creation of extinct species seems to steer right into a long-standing ethical debate about the (right) use of technology, about what constitutes a fair distribution of harms and benefits, and about the nature and extent of our responsibilities. This debate concerns on the one hand the moral status of (resurrected) animals and issues about how they should be treated; and on the other hand the value of nature and what kind of meddling is considered acceptable

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The ethics of animal re-creation and modification : Reviving, rewilding, restoring
Editors	Markku Oksanen, Helena Siipi
Number of pages	17
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	7 Feb 2014
Pages	60-76
Chapter	3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-137-33763-4
Publication status	Published - 7 Feb 2014

Keywords

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Animal cloning
Geneticallt modified animals, plants and organisms (GMO)

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Gamborg, C. (2014). What’s so special about reconstructing a mammoth? Ethics of breeding and biotechnology in re-creating extinct species. In M. Oksanen, & H. Siipi (Eds.), The ethics of animal re-creation and modification: Reviving, rewilding, restoring (pp. 60-76). Palgrave Macmillan. http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/the-ethics-of-animal-re-creation-and-modification-markku-oksanen/?isb=9781137337634

What’s so special about reconstructing a mammoth? Ethics of breeding and biotechnology in re-creating extinct species. / Gamborg, Christian.
The ethics of animal re-creation and modification: Reviving, rewilding, restoring. ed. / Markku Oksanen; Helena Siipi. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. p. 60-76.

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Gamborg, C 2014, What’s so special about reconstructing a mammoth? Ethics of breeding and biotechnology in re-creating extinct species. in M Oksanen & H Siipi (eds), The ethics of animal re-creation and modification: Reviving, rewilding, restoring. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 60-76. <http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/the-ethics-of-animal-re-creation-and-modification-markku-oksanen/?isb=9781137337634>

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