Article Title：How to apply ethical principles to the biotechnological production of food -: The case of bovine growth hormone
Abstract：
Ben Mepham has proposed that a matrix be used in the analysis of ethical problems in food production and elsewhere. In particular cases, this matrix would ideally cross the most important moral principles involved, and the individuals and groups affected by the decisions. In the following, Mepham's model is assessed in the case of genetically engineered bovine growth hormone. My argument is that a more straightforwardly consequentialist analysis can draw attention to the problems of using the hormone better than Mepham's original proposal. It is possible, however, that some nuances will be lost in the process. I do not, therefore, argue for the overall superiority of my suggestion - it is merely a slightly different, and perhaps sometimes a more promising, way to analyze the ethical dimensions of food production and marketing.
Keywords: bioethics; biotechnology; bovine growth hormone; bovine somatotrophin; principlism
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009594800384
Source：JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
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