Who owns your genes? What does climate science imply for policy? Do corporations conduct honest research? Should we teach intelligent design? Humans are creating a new world through science. The kind of world we are creating will not simply be decided by expanding scientific knowledge, but will depend on views about good and bad, right and wrong. These visions, in turn, depend on critical thinking, cogent argument and informed judgement. In this book, Adam Briggle and Carl Mitcham help readers to cultivate these skills. They first introduce ethics and the normative structure of science and then consider the 'society of science' and its norms for the responsible conduct of research and the treatment of human and animal research subjects. Later chapters examine 'science in society' - exploring ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy, religion, culture and technology. Each chapter features case studies and research questions to stimulate further reflection.
| ISBN: | 9780521702676 |
| Publication date: | 25th October 2012 |
| Author: | Adam Briggle, Carl Mitcham |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 370 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Applied Ethics |
| Genres: |
Ethics and moral philosophy |
Who owns your genes? What does climate science imply for policy? Do corporations conduct honest research? Should we teach intelligent design? Humans are creating a new world through science. The kind of world we are creating will not simply be decided by expanding scientific knowledge, but will depend on views about good and bad, right and wrong. These visions, in turn, depend on critical thinking, cogent argument and informed judgement. In this book, Adam Briggle and Carl Mitcham help readers to cultivate these skills. They first introduce ethics and the normative structure of science and then consider the 'society of science' and its norms for the responsible conduct of research and the treatment of human and animal research subjects. Later chapters examine 'science in society' - exploring ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy, religion, culture and technology. Each chapter features case studies and research questions to stimulate further reflection.
Ethics and Science features in the following genres: Ethics and moral philosophy
Ethics and Science is available in Ebook, Paperback
Ethics and Science was written by Adam Briggle, Carl Mitcham and published by Cambridge University Press
Ethics and Science has 370 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Applied Ethics series
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