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The Ethical Challenges in Farming: A Report on Conversations with Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers

Author(s) -

Harvey S. James

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of agricultural safety and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1943-7846

pISSN - 1074-7583

DOI - 10.13031/2013.18191

Subject(s) - agriculture , industrialisation , genetically modified maize , ethical issues , genetically modified crops , production (economics) , environmental ethics , business , agricultural economics , political science , engineering ethics , engineering , economics , geography , law , archaeology , biology , biochemistry , transgene , philosophy , macroeconomics , gene

Interviews with Missouri corn and soybean farmers reveal what farmers consider are important ethical challenges in agriculture. In contrast to the literature, which characterizes ethical challenges in term of philosophical debates about soil conservation, the use of pesticides and genetically modified seeds, and the treatment of animals, for instance, this research finds that farmers perceive ethical challenges in behavioral terms. The reason is rooted in the industrialization of agricultural production, which creates tensions for farmers between doing what they believe is right and doing what they feel they must in order to survive.

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