Structuralism vs Rational Choice: Italian GMO’s
On Wednesday, September 13th the European Union court ruled that Italy could not persecute farmer Giorgio Fidenato for planting genetically modified corn in his fields. The genetically modified crops (GMOs) were illegal in Italy before this decision, even though the European Union allowed for these crops to be planted starting in 1998 (The Associated Press). In 2013 the Italian Government asked the EU to ban the seeds as an emergency measure based on Italian studies (The Associated Press). The Italian Government argued that these seeds posed a danger to their health and environment, but their studies showed no proof.
Structuralism in a country is caused by that country’s perceptions and constructed …show more content…
Italy’s agricultural structuralism causes them to be very careful and skeptical about genetically modified crops, but they are risking missing out on a great opportunity to increase production and lower food costs. This structure is keeping citizens rather uneducated about these plants, and they are close-minded because they believe GMOs are dangerous. From the viewpoint of Rational Choice, the government is taking collective action to make sure that they only allow safe crops that are safe for the environment and sustainable for their population. Since they wrongly believe that this particular type of corn is more dangerous than other types, they acted rationally when they chose to ban such types of corn. If they would like to act in their best interests in the future, than they should begin doing research and developing more types of GMOs which could reduce the cost of wheat, tomatoes, and even wine. Also, Fidenato, the Italian farmer, was acting in self interest when he brought the genetically modified seeds back to his farm to see the effects on his own …show more content…
After asking ten of my friends, I found that five of my friends side with Italy and the other five side with the farmer. I asked those who favored Italy why they think Italy was right, two people said that the farmer shouldn’t have planted an illegal crop in the beginning. The other three seemed to believe that GMOs are harmful and Italy is being careful. When I asked if my friends think GMOs are bad, four of them said that they believe that GMOs are bad. They seem to believe that because these crops have been modified, they are unnatural. Finally, six out of ten friends believed it is in Italy’s best interests to accept GMOs. These polls showed that, like Italy, we are also divided on the topic of GMOs and more research should be done to show the public the positives and negatives of different genetically modified
On Wednesday, September 13th the European Union court ruled that Italy could not persecute farmer Giorgio Fidenato for planting genetically modified corn in his fields. The genetically modified crops (GMOs) were illegal in Italy before this decision, even though the European Union allowed for these crops to be planted starting in 1998 (The Associated Press). In 2013 the Italian Government asked the EU to ban the seeds as an emergency measure based on Italian studies (The Associated Press). The Italian Government argued that these seeds posed a danger to their health and environment, but their studies showed no proof.
Structuralism in a country is caused by that country’s perceptions and constructed …show more content…
Italy’s agricultural structuralism causes them to be very careful and skeptical about genetically modified crops, but they are risking missing out on a great opportunity to increase production and lower food costs. This structure is keeping citizens rather uneducated about these plants, and they are close-minded because they believe GMOs are dangerous. From the viewpoint of Rational Choice, the government is taking collective action to make sure that they only allow safe crops that are safe for the environment and sustainable for their population. Since they wrongly believe that this particular type of corn is more dangerous than other types, they acted rationally when they chose to ban such types of corn. If they would like to act in their best interests in the future, than they should begin doing research and developing more types of GMOs which could reduce the cost of wheat, tomatoes, and even wine. Also, Fidenato, the Italian farmer, was acting in self interest when he brought the genetically modified seeds back to his farm to see the effects on his own …show more content…
After asking ten of my friends, I found that five of my friends side with Italy and the other five side with the farmer. I asked those who favored Italy why they think Italy was right, two people said that the farmer shouldn’t have planted an illegal crop in the beginning. The other three seemed to believe that GMOs are harmful and Italy is being careful. When I asked if my friends think GMOs are bad, four of them said that they believe that GMOs are bad. They seem to believe that because these crops have been modified, they are unnatural. Finally, six out of ten friends believed it is in Italy’s best interests to accept GMOs. These polls showed that, like Italy, we are also divided on the topic of GMOs and more research should be done to show the public the positives and negatives of different genetically modified