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Informationen zum Autor John Coggon is Professor of Law at the University of Bristol. Simona Giordano is Reader of Bioethics at the School of Law. She is Director of the medical ethics teaching in undergraduate medical education, at the School of Medicine and member of the CSEP/iSEI. "Scientific Freedom" represents the first comprehensive anthology of essays designed to explore both the state of scientific progress and the ethics, law and history of scientific research. The book gives readers a fascinating range of perspectives on matters of scientific research that directly affect each and every one of us. Examining the ethical, legal, social, economic and political issues surrounding freedom of scientific research, the book evaluates ways in which national and international policies can impact upon individuals' access to potentially life-saving treatment, cures and technologies, and can therefore affect human life and death. With contributions from Nobel Laureates, representatives of patients' associations, scientists, scholars and politicians, this book provides a concise and comprehensive view of the limitations and dangers facing the future of innovation and scientific progress. Zusammenfassung This book represents the first comprehensive anthology of papers designed to explore both the state of scientific progress and the ethics, law and history of scientific research. It will appeal to a very wide international audience, offering a truly multidisciplinary analysis of many facets of scientific research. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword - "Scientific Freedom and Responsibility" - John SulstonIntroduction - John Coggon, Simona Giordano, Marco CappatoPart one: Understanding Science and TechnologyChapter 1: "New technologies: are sex and fertilisation ready for divorce?" - Carl DjerassiChapter 2: "Is cell science dangerous?" - Lewis WolpertChapter 3: "The cosmos above me, and the moral maze within me: Astrophysics and base research - some reflections" - Lucio PiccirilloChapter 4: "Can freedom help to tackle global climate warming? A view from biogeochemical research" - Luca Belelli MarchesiniChapter 5: "Scientific freedom in an evolving world" - Jim FalkPart II: Science and Society: Law and RegulationChapter 6: "Freedom of research and constitutional law: some critical points" - Amedeo SantosuossoChapter 7: "Legal methodologies for maximizing freedom of scientific research" - Charles H. BaronChapter 8: "Human tissue providers for stem cell research: freedom, fairness and financial recompense" - Sarah DevaneyChapter 9: "Ideology, fundamentalism, and scientific research" - Dick TaverneChapter 10: "The Future of scientific research: compromises or way forwards?" - Emma Bonino and Simona GiordanoPart three: Science, Ethics, and the Politics of Scientific ResearchChapter 11: "Science, society and democracy: freedom of science as a catalyzer of liberty" - Gilberto Corbellini and Elisabetta SirgiovanniChapter 12: "Religion and scientific freedom" - Søren HolmChapter 13: "Should we strive for total scientific freedom?" - Malcolm OswaldChapter 14: "The ethical limitations on scientific research" - Michael BoylanChapter 15: "What's special about scientific freedom" - John CoggonConclusion: "Concluding remarks; a short history of this anthology"- Simona Giordano, Marco Cappato, and John Coggon,Appendix: "Declaration of the second meeting of The World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research"...
