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Ethics and science: an introduction

Adam Briggle, University of North Texas and Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Related Series:
Cambridge applied ethics

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Summary:
"Who owns your genes? What does climate science imply for policy? Do corporations conduct honest research? Should we teach intelligent design? Humans are creating a new world through science. The kind of world we are creating will not simply be decided by expanding scientific knowledge, but will depend on views about good and bad, right and wrong. These visions, in turn, depend on critical thinking, cogent argument and informed judgement. In this book, Adam Briggle and Carl Mitcham help readers to cultivate these skills. They first introduce ethics and the normative structure of science and then consider the 'society of science' and its norms for the responsible conduct of research and the treatment of human and animal research subjects. Later chapters examine 'science in society' - exploring ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy, religion, culture and technology. Each chapter features case studies and research questions to stimulate further reflection." -- Back cover.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and overview
  • Ethical concepts and theories
  • Science and its norms
  • Research ethics I: responsible conduct
  • Research ethics II: science involving humans
  • Research ethics III: science involving animals
  • The science of ethics
  • Transition: from ethics to politics and policy
  • Science and politics I: policy for science
  • Science and politics II: science for policy
  • Science and ideational culture
  • Science applied: ethics and engineering
  • Looking back, leaning forward: the moral character of scientists
  • Ethics codes.
Author/Creator:
Briggle, Adam
Contributors:
Mitcham, Carl
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Ethics and science: an introduction [by Briggle, A.]
Related Series:
Cambridge applied ethics
Subjects:
Research — Moral and ethical aspects
Science — Social aspects
Research
Science
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-346) and index.
Physical Description:
xviii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Physical Characteristics:
illustration
Call Numbers:
Q180.55.M67 B75 2012
ISBNs:
9780521878418 (hardback)
0521878411 (hardback)
9780521702676 (paperback)
0521702674 (paperback)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2012018836
OCLC Numbers:
795575148