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On the dual uses of science and ethics : principles, practices, and prospects / edited by Brian Rappert and Michael J. Selgelid.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Practical ethics and public policy ; monograph 4.
- Practical ethics and public policy ; monograph 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Science.
- Science and the humanities.
- Science and civilization--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Science and civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra : ANU E Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Claims about the transformations enabled by modern science and medicine have been accompanied by an unsettling question in recent years: might the knowledge being produced undermine - rather than further - human and animal well being?.
- Contents:
- Preliminary pages; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Ethics and Dual-Use Research; Part I: Dual Use in Context; 2. Nanotechnology and Dual-Use Dilemmas; 3. What Does Neuroethics Have to Say about the Problem of Dual Use?; 4. Synthetic Biology as a Field of Dual-Use Bioethical Concern; 5. Crops Agents, Phytopathology and Ethical Review; 6. The Super TB Experiment: Evolution an Experiment with Dual-Use Concerns; Part II: Ethical Frameworks and Principles; 7. Moral Development and Ethical Decision-Making; 8. Responsible Dual Use
- 9. An Expected-Value Approach to the Dual-Use Problem10. The Doctrine of Double Effect and the Ethics of Dual Use; 11. Unknowns in Dual-Use Dilemmas; 12. Moral Responsibility, Collective-Action Problems and the Dual-Use Dilemma in Science and Technology; 13. Biosecurity and the Just-War Tradition; 14. The Precautionary Principle and the Dual-Use Dilemma; Part III: Ethical Practices; 15. Scientific Control Over Dual-Use Research:; 16. Contrasting Dual-Use Issues in Biology and Nuclear Science; 17. Considering Contextuality in Dual-Use Discussions:; Part IV: Ethical Futures
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 19, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781925021349
- 1925021343
- OCLC:
- 953661008
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_462759
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