BETTER THE DEVIL YOU GROW?

摘要

To the casual observer, French farmers might seem to have little in common with Californian vine growers. They operate on different continents and in different political and, arguably, moral environments. But both groups exist in societies that have benefited from rapid advances in technology in the last century. And despite this, both are united in scepticism of the benefits that the biotechnology industry can offer. Their concerns are a snapshot of a broader phenomenon - how societies from very different parts of the world are wrestling with the social, moral and economic issues generated by advances in biotechnology, and how these advances are, in turn, shaping the societies themselves. The result is the emergence of a new "biosociety".