Science and ethics : proceedings of a symposium held in November 2000 under the auspices of the Royal Society of Canada / organized by Howard Alper ; edited by Patricia Demers = La science et l'éthique : actes d'un colloque tenu en novembre 2000 sous les auspices de la Société royale du Canada / organisé par Howard Alper ; sous la direction de Patricia Demers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royal Society of Canada.

Alper, Howard, editor.

Demers, Patricia, 1946- editor.

Series:

Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada ; Series 6, Volume 11, 2000.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada ; Series 6, Volume 11, 2000 Mémoires de la Société royale du Canada ; Sixieme seriet, Tome XI, 2000

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioethics--Congresses.

Bioethics.

Science--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Science.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers from the 2000 symposium of the Royal Society of Canada explore the crucial relationship between science and ethics. In the six papers, presented by scholars and practitioners in fields as varied as psychiatry, law, philosophy, and ethics, the contributors address the central place of ethics in scientific policy, research, and practice. Historic decisions like the place of the 1947 Nuremberg Code, adopted by the International War Crimes Tribunal to establish the foundational ethical principals of research involving human subjects; contemporary policy concerning, and institutional responsibility for, the protection of human subjects; science, technology, and copyright laws in Canada; xenotransplantation (the process of grafting living cells, tissues, and organs from animals to human beings);the privatization of biomedical research; and the relationship between ethics, policies, and research experts: these are the topics under discussion in this timely collection of papers.

Contents:

Introduction / Howard Alper, OC, FRSC

Can Science or Ethics Compromise Each Other in Human Subject Research? / Bernard M. Dickens

La privatisation de la recherche biomedicale au Canada: enjeux ethiques / Marie-Helene Parizeau

The Governance of Health Care Research Involving Human Subjects: Reflections on Ethical Policy for Science Research / Michael McDonald

Old Copyright Law and New Technologies: Canadian Copyright Reform in the Digital Age / Michael Geist

La xenotransplantation: tour de force ou tour de cochon? / Therese Leroux

British Beef, Ontario Water and Dead Crows / Colleen Clements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

"Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series VI, volume XI, 2000 = Memoires de la Societe royale du Canada, sixieme serie, tome XI, 2000."

ISBN:

1-4426-6468-1

OCLC:

779696030