The Ethics of De-Extinction

NanoEthics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-178

  Cohen, Shlomo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioconservation; Biodiversity; Cloning; De extinction; Environmental ethics; Genetic engineering; Respect for life; Species rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939877976     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-014-0201-2     Document Type: Article

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