Ethics and Science: An Introduction (Cambridge Applied Ethics) By Adam Briggle

Name: Ethics and Science: An Introduction (Cambridge Applied Ethics) By Adam Briggle
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Ethics and ScienceAn Introduction\nAuthor(s): Adam Briggle, Carl Mitcham\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521702676, 978-0521702676\nSynopsis\nWho 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 e.