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Scientists are supposed to have freedom to choose and conduct their experiments and exchange their ideas. Known as scientific freedom, this idea has been implicated in both wonderful and terrible scientific discoveries. Although it is not new, it has great relevance to contemporary society. In a time of genetic editing, global warming, and a worldwide pandemic, the question of how freely science is and should be conducted is one that has significant practical consequences.
Drawing on rigorous interdisciplinary methods, this book defines the concept of scientific freedom, tells its story, and asks on what basis scientific freedom is best justified. Based on international human rights law and philosophy, the authors develop a model of scientific freedom as a constitutive element of the human right to enjoy the benefits of the progress of science and its applications. To illustrate its usefulness, they then test and apply this model to a real-life and real-time case study, as well as to two highly important international human rights instruments.
List of contents
Opening Vignette: Artificial Intelligence and Introduction
PART ONE: Setting the Scene and Providing the Necessary Historical Background
Chapter 1: Historical Background and Key Concepts And Definitions
Chapter 2: A Systematic Review of The Scholarly Literature On Scientific Freedom: Methods And Results
Chapter 3: Taking Human Right to the Next Level: The Right to Science, History and Content
Chapter 4: Scientific Freedom: How Does It Relate to Scientific Dissemination and International Co-Operation?
PART TWO: SAFIRES: A Conceptual Model of Scientific Freedom Obligations under International Human Rights Law
Chapter 5: The SAFIRES (Scientific and Academic Freedom as Integral elements of the Right to Enjoy the benefits of Science) Model
Chapter 6: The Scope of 'Science' and 'Scientific Freedom' in Three Human Rights Instruments
PART THREE: Working with Scientific Freedom And The Right To Science In Practice
Chapter 7: On Drafting the General Comment on Science (2013-2020): A Personal Account, Mikel Mancisidor
Chapter 8: Litigating the Right to Science before the CESCR: the View from the Trenches, Cesare P.R. Romano
Chapter 9: Defending Science, Knowledge and Facts: The UN And Scientific Freedom Of Expression, Malene Nielsen and Carsten Staur
Appendices
Index
About the author
By Sebastian Porsdam Mann; Helle Porsdam; Maximilian M. Schmid and Péter Vilmos Treit
