Greetings Economists,
On Mar 24, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
I haven't noticed the beasts giving equal consideration to _our_
interests. Also, what about experiments that involve plants, who also
do not consent to being experimented on?
Doyle;
Questions about genetic modification of plants are valid questions
about the common good of human beings. The same ecological arguments
one can put up for animals apply to plants and their uses. For
example kill all the wolves and deer have no checks on their
population. Kill all wolves and grass eaters will shift the pattern
of the plant landscape. So if you go into cattle country what sort of
plant community do you see? Does growing rice in California for the
Asian market make sense?
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
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