Bernard E. Rollin

Science and Ethics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Science and Ethics, Bernard Rollin examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a variety of ethical issues that are relevant to science and how they are ignored, to the detriment of both science and society. These include research on human subjects, animal research, genetic engineering, biotechnology, cloning, xenotransplantation, and stem cell research. In engaging prose and with philosophical sophistication, Rollin argues in favor of making education in ethics part and parcel of scientific training.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780521857543
• ISBN-10: 0521857546
• Artikelnr.: 21426864

Autorenporträt

Bernard E. Rollin is Professor of Philosophy, Biomedical Sciences and Animal Sciences, and University Bioethicist, at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He is the author of The Frankenstein Syndrome: Ethical and Social Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The waxing and waning of faith in science
2. Scientific ideology and 'value free' science
3. What is ethics?
4. Ethics and research on human beings
5. Animal research
6. Biotechnology and ethics: is genetic engineering intrinsically wrong?
7. Biotechnology and ethics II: rampaging monsters and suffering animal
8. Biotechnology and ethics III: cloning, xenotransplantation and stem cells
9. Pain and ethics
10. Ethics in science.