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Author:   John Coggon (Reader in Law, University of Manchester) ,  Marco Cappato ,  Simona Giordano (Reader, University of Manchester) ,  Marco Cappato
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781849668996

ISBN 10:   184966899
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Contents Acknowledgements Foreword - ""Scientific Freedom and Responsibility"" - John Sulston Introduction - John Coggon, Simona Giordano, Marco Cappato Part one: Understanding Science and Technology Chapter 1: ""New technologies: are sex and fertilisation ready for divorce?"" - Carl Djerassi Chapter 2: ""Is cell science dangerous?"" - Lewis Wolpert Chapter 3: ""The cosmos above me, and the moral maze within me: Astrophysics and base research - some reflections"" - Lucio Piccirillo Chapter 4: ""Can freedom help to tackle global climate warming? A view from biogeochemical research"" - Luca Belelli Marchesini Chapter 5: ""Scientific freedom in an evolving world"" - Jim Falk Part II: Science and Society: Law and Regulation Chapter 6: ""Freedom of research and constitutional law: some critical points"" - Amedeo Santosuosso Chapter 7: ""Legal methodologies for maximizing freedom of scientific research"" - Charles H. Baron Chapter 8: ""Human tissue providers for stem cell research: freedom, fairness and financial recompense"" - Sarah Devaney Chapter 9: ""Ideology, fundamentalism, and scientific research"" - Dick Taverne Chapter 10: ""The Future of scientific research: compromises or way forwards?"" - Emma Bonino and Simona Giordano Part three: Science, Ethics, and the Politics of Scientific Research Chapter 11: ""Science, society and democracy: freedom of science as a catalyzer of liberty"" - Gilberto Corbellini and Elisabetta Sirgiovanni Chapter 12: ""Religion and scientific freedom"" - Søren Holm Chapter 13: ""Should we strive for total scientific freedom?"" - Malcolm Oswald Chapter 14: ""The ethical limitations on scientific research"" - Michael Boylan Chapter 15: ""What's special about scientific freedom"" - John Coggon Conclusion: ""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"""

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Simona Giordano is Reader in Bioethics at the University of Manchester, UK. John Coggon is Research Fellow in the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, UK Marco Cappato is an economist and a former Member of the European Parliament for Italy.

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