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Title Perspectives in bioethics, science, and public policy / edited by Jonathan Beever and Nicolae Morar.

Publication Info. West Lafayette, Indiana : Published in collaboration with the Global Policy Research Institute by Purdue University Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 161 pages)
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Series Purdue studies in public policy
Purdue studies in public policy.
Summary "In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks originally given at the annual "Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science," the chapters explore interconnections between the three areas in an engaging and accessible way. Addressing a mixed public audience, the authors go beyond dry theory to explore some of the difficult moral questions that face scientists and policy-makers every day. The introduction presents a theoretical framework for the book, defining the term "bioethics" as extending well beyond human well-being to wider relations between humans, nonhuman animals, the environment, and biotechnologies. Three sections then explore the complex relationship between moral value, scientific knowledge, and policy making. The first section starts with thoughts on nonhuman animal pain and moves to a discussion of animal understanding. The second section explores climate change and the impact of "green" nanotechnology on environmental concerns. The final section begins with dialog about ethical issues in nanotechnology, moves to an exploration of bio-banks (a technology with broad potential medical and environmental impact), and ends with a survey of the impact of biotechnologies on (synthetic) life itself"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents Title; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Animals; Minding Animals (2011); Animal Pain: What It Is and Why It Matters (2011); Environment; The Future of Environmental Ethics (2010); Climate Change, Human Rights, and the Trillionth Ton of Carbon (2010); Ethics, Environment, and Nanotechnology (2009); Biotechnologies; Nanotechnologies: Science and Society (2007); Ethical Issues in Constructing and Using Biobanks (2008); Synthetic Life: A New Industrial Revolution (2012); Index.
Subject Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Bioethics.
Science and state.
Technology and state.
Sciences -- Aspect moral.
Politique scientifique et technique.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Technology and state
Bioethics
Science and state
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects
Added Author Beever, Jonathan, 1980-
Morar, Nicolae, 1979-
Other Form: Print version: Perspectives in bioethics, science, and public policy. West Lafayette, Indiana : Published in collaboration with the Global Policy Research Institute by Purdue University Press, [2013] 9781557536426 (DLC) 2013001197
ISBN 9781612492704 (ebook)
1612492703
9781612492698 (electronic bk.)
161249269X (electronic bk.)
9781557536426 (pbk.)
1557536422 (pbk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000054145136
DEBBG BV043040074
DEBSZ 424586010
DEBSZ 449636267
GBVCP 804715297
AU@ 000074153981

 
    
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