Publication

2006 - Cambridge University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

76,500 words, Guess

Page Count

306 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780521857543
  • ISBN-100521674182
  • ISBN-100521857546
  • ISBN-139780521674188
  • LibraryThing3575504
and 5 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005025738
  • OCLC Control Number61499910
  • Better World Books9780521857543
  • Better World Books9780521674188
  • Open LibraryOL3409768M

Classifications

  • DDC174.2/8
  • LCCR852 .R67 2006
  • LCCR852.R67 2006

Description

In Science and Ethics, Bernard Rollin examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a variety of ethical issues that are relevant to science and how they are ignored, to the detriment of both science and society. These include research on human subjects, animal research, genetic engineering, biotechnology, cloning, xenotransplantation, and stem cell research. Rollin also explores the ideological agnosticism that scientists have displayed regarding subjective experience in humans and animals, and its pernicious effect on pain management. Finally, he articulates the implications of the ideological denial of ethics for the practice of science itself in terms of fraud, plagiarism, and data falsification. In engaging prose and with philosophical sophistication, Rollin cogently argues in favor of making education in ethics part and parcel of scientific training.

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  • Science and ethicsCambridge University Press2006-01-01

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