Ethics and Science: An Introduction

by Adam Briggle , Carl Mitcham

• ISBN13: 9780521702676
• ISBN10: 0521702674
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-11-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction and overview

Ethical concepts and theories

Science and its norms

Research ethics I: misconduct and the responsible conduct of research

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

Appendix: influential ethics codes and declarations

Works cited

Index

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