Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE)
38 episodes
2 months ago
In the CAVE: An ethics podcast, is back with Season 7 of the show! Join your hosts, Professor Paul Formosa and Distinguished Professor Wendy Rogers, from the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre, as they explore a range of philosophical topics focused on the question of how we can live well as moral agents in an ethically complex world.
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In the CAVE: An ethics podcast, is back with Season 7 of the show! Join your hosts, Professor Paul Formosa and Distinguished Professor Wendy Rogers, from the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre, as they explore a range of philosophical topics focused on the question of how we can live well as moral agents in an ethically complex world.
Synthetic Biology and the Goals of Conservation, with Christopher Lean
In the CAVE: An Ethics Podcast
31 minutes
4 months ago
Synthetic Biology and the Goals of Conservation, with Christopher Lean
One potential solution to the various ecosystem crises we face is to genetically engineer organisms better to survive in a changing climate. Synthetic biology offers the tools to attempt this, by introducing various genetic modifications to help organisms avoid extinction in
their rapidly degrading environments. But how does an intervention like genetic modification fit with the conservation science goals of
biodiversity, ecosystem services, and wilderness? Is it
time to rethink those goals, given advances in genetic technologies like
synthetic biology, and the increasing urgency of extinctions due to
environmental pressures?
Join host Distinguished Professor
Wendy Rogers and guest Dr Chris Lean as they investigate how the goals of
conservation can be furthered by synthetic biology.
This podcast features Chris’ recently
published paper, Synthetic Biology and the Goals of Conservation, published
open access in Ethics, Policy and
Environment, https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2023.2298646
In the CAVE: An Ethics Podcast
In the CAVE: An ethics podcast, is back with Season 7 of the show! Join your hosts, Professor Paul Formosa and Distinguished Professor Wendy Rogers, from the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre, as they explore a range of philosophical topics focused on the question of how we can live well as moral agents in an ethically complex world.
