On the dual uses of science and ethics principles, practices, and prospects
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?.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Canberra :
ANU E Press
[2013]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Practical ethics and public policy ;
monograph 4. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419772106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
