Freedom of Scientific Research - Bridging the Gap Between Science and Society

The book asks: How are scientific developments impacting on human life and on the structure of societies? How is science regulated, and how should it be regulated? Are there ethical boundaries to scientific developments in some sensitive areas? (robotic intelligence, biosecurity?)

List of contents

Preface by John Harris
Part I: Freedom of science: promises and hazards
Introduction - Simona Giordano
1 The influence of infection on society - Peter J. Lachmann
2 Scientific progress and longevity: curse or blessing? - Simona Giordano
3 Reproductive technologies and the family in the twenty-first century - Daniela Cutas and Anna Smajdor
4 New frontiers in surgery: the case of uterus and penis transplantation - Gennaro Selvaggi and Sean Aas
5 Freedom, law, politics, genes: the case of mitochondrial transfer - Iain Brassington
6 Scientific freedom and responsibility in a biosecurity context - Catherine Rhodes
7 Robotic intelligence: philosophical and ethical challenges - David Lawrence
8 Big science and small science: reflections on the relationship between science and society from the perspective of physics - Lucio Piccirillo
Part II: Freedom of science and the need for regulation
Introduction - Simona Giordano
9 Advocating a radical change in science policies and new models to secure freedom and efficiency in funding and communication - Andrea Ballabeni and Davide Danovi
10 Freedom of research and the right to science, from theory to advocacy - Andrea Boggio and Cesare P. R. Romano
11 The donation of embryos for research: maintaining trust - Heidi Mertes
12 From Galileo to embryos and narcotic drugs: the quest for the right to science - Marco Cappato
13 Science, self-control and human freedom: a naturalistic approach - Gilberto Corbellini and Elisabetta Sirgiovanni
14 Evidence-based policy and the precautionary principle: friends or foes?- Roberto Baldoli and Claudio M. Radaelli
15 Let freedom ring for science: an American perspective - Mary Woolley
Conclusion - Simona Giordano
Index

About the author

Simona Giordano is Reader in Bioethics in the School of Law at the University of Manchester

Summary

The book asks: How are scientific developments impacting on human life and on the structure of societies? How is science regulated, and how should it be regulated? Are there ethical boundaries to scientific developments in some sensitive areas? (robotic intelligence, biosecurity?) -- .

Product details

• Authors: Simona Giordano, Simona (Reader in Bioethics in the Schoo Giordano, Simona (Reader) Harris Giordano, Simona Giordano
• Assisted by: Simona Giordano (Editor), Simona (Reader in Bioethics in the School of Law at the University of Manchester) Giordano (Editor), Simona (Reader) Giordano (Editor), Giordano Simona (Editor), John Harris (Editor), Lucio Piccirillo (Editor), Professor Lucio Piccirillo (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781526127679
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2767-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Contemporary Issues in Bioethics; Contemporary Issues in Bioethi; Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); MEDICAL / Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, Impact of science & technology on society, Bio-ethics, Impact of science and technology on society