The freedom of scientific research (eBook, PDF)

Bridging the gap between science and society
Redaktion: Giordano, Simona; Piccirillo, Lucio; Harris, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Never before have the scope and limits of scientific freedom been more important or more under attack. New science, from artificial intelligence to gene editing, creates unique opportunities for making the world a better place. It also presents unprecedented dangers. This book is about the opportunities and challenges - moral, regulatory and existential - that face both science and society. How are scientific developments impacting on human life and on the structure of societies? How is science regulated and how should it be regulated? Are there ethical boundaries to scientific developments in sensitive areas? Such are the questions that the book seeks to answer. Both the survival of humankind and the continued existence of our planet are at stake.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526146472
• Artikelnr.: 62168115

Autorenporträt

Simona Giordano is Reader in Bioethics in the School of Law at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by John Harris Part I: Freedom of science: promises and hazards
Introduction - Simona Giordano 1 The influence of infection on society -
Peter J. Lachmann 2 Scientific progress and longevity: curse or blessing? -
Simona Giordano 3 Reproductive technologies and the family in the
twenty-first century - Daniela Cutas and Anna Smajdor 4 New frontiers in
surgery: the case of uterus and penis transplantation - Gennaro Selvaggi
and Sean Aas 5 Freedom, law, politics, genes: the case of mitochondrial
transfer - Iain Brassington 6 Scientific freedom and responsibility in a
biosecurity context - Catherine Rhodes 7 Robotic intelligence:
philosophical and ethical challenges - David Lawrence 8 Big science and
small science: reflections on the relationship between science and society
from the perspective of physics - Lucio Piccirillo Part II: Freedom of
science and the need for regulation Introduction - Simona Giordano 9
Advocating a radical change in science policies and new models to secure
freedom and efficiency in funding and communication - Andrea Ballabeni and
Davide Danovi 10 Freedom of research and the right to science, from theory
to advocacy - Andrea Boggio and Cesare P. R. Romano 11 The donation of
embryos for research: maintaining trust - Heidi Mertes 12 From Galileo to
embryos and narcotic drugs: the quest for the right to science - Marco
Cappato 13 Science, self-control and human freedom: a naturalistic approach
- Gilberto Corbellini and Elisabetta Sirgiovanni 14 Evidence-based policy
and the precautionary principle: friends or foes?- Roberto Baldoli and
Claudio M. Radaelli 15 Let freedom ring for science: an American
perspective - Mary Woolley Conclusion - Simona Giordano Index