Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments books

This volume details Margaret Atwood's dystopian novels through the themes of the ambivalent ethics of science and...  Read More >>

"Separating truth from hype, this book introduces readers to the topic of life extension in a holistic manner that...  Read More >>

This book explores how technologies of media, medicine, law and governance enable and constrain the mobility of...  Read More >>

A dramatic new way to explore controversial science: Socratic dialogues. These creative debates follow the nuances...  Read More >>

Recent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and...  Read More >>

Grounded in feminist perspectives, the first study of transnational surrogacy to give due prominence to the voices...  Read More >>

Grounded in feminist perspectives, the first study of transnational surrogacy to give due prominence to the voices...  Read More >>

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 was a major update to the UK’s laws on the use and regulation of...  Read More >>

Experiments in Democracy presents a history of American debates over human embryo research from the late 1960s to...  Read More >>

This book reflects on the many contributions made in and to European bioethics to date, in various locations, and...  Read More >>

Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and...  Read More >>

Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and...  Read More >>

The potential of fMRI is extraordinary. It allows us to observe brain activity in real time, build an understanding...  Read More >>

Should parents aim to make their children as normal as possible to increase their chances to “fit in”?  Read More >>

This book argues that urgent and biopolitical issues should be central to how biology is taught as a subject. Life...  Read More >>

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Demonstrates the varied contributions of public resistance to technological developments over the years.  Read More >>

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Nanotechnology, geoengineering and clean technology span the scale of human ingenuity from the imperceptibly small...  Read More >>

Reprogenetic technologies have been embraced by advocates as tools that can create healthier, smarter, more admirable...  Read More >>

The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to...  Read More >>

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In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna investigates the ways in which rural populations cope with GM soybean expansion...  Read More >>

In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna investigates the ways in which rural populations cope with GM soybean expansion...  Read More >>

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