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The food security challenge is one of the most topical issues of the 21st Century. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the least food-secure region, and solutions are constantly being sought to alleviate the problem. The region's exponentially growing population is in dire need of affordable and nutritious food. The "Gene Revolution" (genetic engineering) presents opportunities in which food security can be ensured in SSA. Genetic modification (GM) has potential to solve myriad problems currently being experienced in SSA agriculture, hence improving yields and reducing the costs of production. Most of the SSA countries have a precautionary stance towards GM crops; thus, only a handful of countries have approved the commercialized production of transgenic crops. The lack of understanding and sound knowledge about the GM system is reflected in the formulation of policies and regulatory frameworks for biosafety and their implementation. There is need to conscientize the policymakers and the public about the general principles of genetic engineering for better decision making. Considering the multiple beneficial aspects demonstrated by transgenic crops it will not be prudent to ignore them. The versatility of GM technology makes it adaptable to the food crisis in SSA.

For John Stuart Mill pleasure and happiness are not the same thing, because a certain amount of pleasure enjoyed does not necessarily mean that a person achieves happiness in the same proportion. Happiness would be a general overview of well-being present not only in the individual, but in the entire society in which he lives. In this way Mill understands that there cannot be a society where all individuals have an unlimited amount of pleasures and that therefore there are suffering and unhappy people within the society. However, this situation changes over time among individuals, and his point of view values the sum of the well-being present among all people, leading to his principle of greater happiness. This happiness is not equal to that present in the school of virtues or even in deontology, it differs by addressing other issues such as the reason to promote the good, the implementation of the principle of preventing harm, helping the innocent and the consideration that the numbers do count, that is, your concern goes beyond the individual aspect. Therefore, happiness cannot be separated from morality, so the analysis of the consequences of actions in favor of greater happiness should not contradict the moral principles of human society. These moral principles serve as a guide for the judgment of human actions, which in turn, if considered correct and good, tend to the path of pleasure and consequently of happiness from Mill's utilitarian point of view.

"This book argues that John Dewey should be read as a philosopher of globalization rather than as a 'local' American philosopher. Although Dewey's political philosophy was rooted in late nineteenth and early twentieth century America, it was more importantly about the role of America in a globalized world. In returning to, and recovering the neglected global dimensions of Dewey's political philosophy, the book highlights how his insights about globalization and democracy can inform present theoretical debates. John Narayan traces the emergence of Dewey as a global democrat through an examination of his work from The public and its problems (1927) onwards. Narayan shows how Dewey sets out an evolutionary form of global and national democracy in his work, that has not been fully appreciated even by contemporary scholars of pragmatism, and which offers valuable lessons for the twenty-first century and for our own hopes for global democracy."

"This book argues that John Dewey should be read as a philosopher of globalization rather than as a 'local' American philosopher. Although Dewey's political philosophy was rooted in late nineteenth and early twentieth century America, it was more importantly about the role of America in a globalized world. In returning to, and recovering the neglected global dimensions of Dewey's political philosophy, the book highlights how his insights about globalization and democracy can inform present theoretical debates. John Narayan traces the emergence of Dewey as a global democrat through an examination of his work from The public and its problems (1927) onwards. Narayan shows how Dewey sets out an evolutionary form of global and national democracy in his work, that has not been fully appreciated even by contemporary scholars of pragmatism, and which offers valuable lessons for the twenty-first century and for our own hopes for global democracy."

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Pages from Political science quarterly, v. 16, no. 3, Sept. 1901. ; Caption title. ; Mode of access: Internet.