TY - BOOK ID - 31261283 TI - Resurrecting Extinct Species : Ethics and Authenticity AU - Campbell, Douglas Ian. AU - Whittle, Patrick Michael. PY - 2017 SN - 3319695789 3319695770 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Extinct animals KW - Genetics. KW - Cloning. KW - Extirpated animals KW - Extirpated species KW - Locally extinct animals KW - Locally extinct species KW - Animals KW - Extinction (Biology) KW - Philosophy of nature. KW - Bioethics. KW - Biology-Philosophy. KW - Animal genetics. KW - Philosophy of Nature. KW - Philosophy of Biology. KW - Animal Genetics and Genomics. KW - Genetics KW - Biology KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Life sciences KW - Life sciences ethics KW - Science KW - Nature KW - Nature, Philosophy of KW - Natural theology KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Philosophy KW - Biology—Philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31261283 AB - This book is about the philosophy of de-extinction. To make an extinct species ‘de-extinct’ is to resurrect it by creating new organisms of the same, or similar, appearance and genetics. The book describes current attempts to resurrect three species, the aurochs, woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon. It then investigates two major philosophical questions such projects throw up. These are the Authenticity Question—‘will the products of de-extinction be authentic members of the original species?’—and the Ethical Question—‘is de-extinction something that should be done?' The book surveys and critically evaluates a raft of arguments for and against the authenticity or de-extinct organisms, and for and against the ethical legitimacy of de-extinction. It concludes, first, that authentic de-extinctions are actually possible, and second, that de-extinction can potentially be ethically legitimate, especially when deployed as part of a ‘freeze now and resurrect later’ conservation strategy. . ER -