Acceptance of AgBiotechnology

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The paper applies Kantian theory to the agbiotechnology industry and explains how the theory states the industry has the right to its freedom and rights and can therefore engage in further research, exploration and development. The paper then relates that the role of trust is critical to the foundation of social contract theory and notes that historically, technology's acceptance has hinged on the technologists' ability to gain the trust or loyalty of the public. The paper looks at the role of a manager in the agbiotechnology industry who will need to prove that agbiotechnology's motives are valuable and it is necessary to bring better and more efficient processes to improve the social order of the world.

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"Social contract theories suggest that right and wrong are about the agreement of a rational individual interested in promoting their self-interest to give up their wishes to secure peace (Clark, 2003). Thus, one's moral or political debts stem from a contract they devise between themselves and society. Kantian theory supports the ideal that individuals can reason universally, thus have the ability for neutrality as they view everything from a universal perspective rather than the perspective of self. However, Kant suggests that rights of law depend on freedom and not necessarily happiness, and that in nature exists more chaos than their exists peace, contradicting social contract theory to some extent (Clark, 2003)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Clark, K.J. Why be moral? Social contract theory vs. Kantian-Christian Morality. Journal of Markets & Morality, 6(1): Spring, 2003.
• Morrison, Scott. The Brazilian tropical rainforest: Deforestation and human rights. International Journal of Politics and Ethics, 1(4): 2001, p. 379.
• Picciotto, Sol. Liberalization and democratization: The forum and the hearth in the era of cosmopolitan post-industrial capitalism. Law and Contemporary Problems, 63(4): 157.

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