Ethics and Science An Introduction

Name: Ethics and Science An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780521702676

ISBN-10: 0521702674

ISBN-13: 9780521702676

Edition: 2012

Authors: Adam Briggle, Carl Mitcham

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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…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/25/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 6.81" wide x 9.65" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.694

Adam Briggle is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas. He is the author of A Rich Bioethics: Public Policy, Biotechnology, and the Kass Council (2010).



Preface



Introduction and overview



Ethical concepts and theories



Science and its norms



Research ethics I: misconduct and the responsible conduct of research



Research ethics II: science involving humans



Research ethics III: science involving animals



The science of ethics



Transition: from ethics to politics and policy



Science and politics I: policy for science



Science and politics II: science for policy



Science and ideational culture



Science applied: ethics and engineering


Appendix: influential ethics codes and declarations


Works cited


Index