Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments books

974 books were found.

Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties

Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations,...

Author: Sheldon Krimsky ,  Tania Simoncelli
ISBN: 9780231145213
Format: Paperback
$52.95

National DNA databanks were initially established to catalogue the identities of violent criminals and sex offenders....  Read More >>

The Cosmopolitanization of Science: Stem Cell Governance in China

The Cosmopolitanization of Science: Stem Cell Governance...

Author: J. Zhang
ISBN: 9780230302594
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Choosing Tomorrow's Children: The Ethics of Selective Reproduction

Choosing Tomorrow's Children: The Ethics of Selective...

Author: Stephen Wilkinson (Keele University)
ISBN: 9780199646586
Format: Paperback
$95.95

To what extent should parents be allowed to use reproductive technologies to determine the characteristics of their...  Read More >>

Genetic Data and the Law: A Critical Perspective on Privacy Protection

Genetic Data and the Law: A Critical Perspective on...

Author: Mark Taylor (University of Sheffield)
ISBN: 9780511910128
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Research using genetic data must be properly regulated. Regulation that does not take account of the public interest...  Read More >>

Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs

Globalization, Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity:...

Author: Rekha Pande ,  Theo P. van der Weide
ISBN: 9781466600201
Format: Hardback
$415.95

""This book discusses theoretical aspects of gender issues in ICT and presents a number of case studies from various...  Read More >>

The History and Future of Bioethics: A Sociological View

The History and Future of Bioethics: A Sociological...

Author: John H. Evans (, University of California, San Diego)
ISBN: 9780199860852
Format: Hardback
$123.95

While functioning quite well for many years, the bioethics profession is in crisis. John H. Evans closely examines...  Read More >>

Acceptable Risk in Biomedical Research: European Perspectives

Acceptable Risk in Biomedical Research: European Perspectives...

Author: Sigmund Simonsen
ISBN: 9789400726772
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book is the first major work that addresses a core question in biomedical research: the question of acceptable...  Read More >>

Cloning: An Audio Guide

Cloning: An Audio Guide

Author: Aaron Levine ,  Donna Postel
ISBN: 9781743104682
Format: Audio
$38.76

Would you drink milk from a cloned cow? Should we clone extinct or endangered species? Are we justified in using...  Read More >>

Baby-Making: What the new reproductive treatments mean for families and society

Baby-Making: What the new reproductive treatments mean...

Author: Bart Fauser (University Medical Center, Utrecht) ,  Paul Devroey (The Free University of Brussels)
ISBN: 9780199597314
Format: Hardback
$46.95

With the availability of contraception and fertility treatments now, the choices offered to couples in the 21st...  Read More >>

Biotech Innovations and Fundamental Rights

Biotech Innovations and Fundamental Rights

Author: Roberto Bin ,  Sara Lorenzon
ISBN: 9788847020313
Format: Hardback
$366.96

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Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future

Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present...

Author: S. Fuller
ISBN: 9780230233430
Format: Paperback
$116.41

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Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future

Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present...

Author: S. Fuller
ISBN: 9780230233423
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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Better than Human: The Promise and Perils of Biomedical Enhancement

Better than Human: The Promise and Perils of Biomedical...

Author: Allen Buchanan (, Duke University)
ISBN: 9780199797875
Format: Hardback
$57.95

Is it right to use biomedical technologies to make us better than well or even perhaps better than human? Should...  Read More >>

Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law

Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law

Author: Charles Foster (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781849461771
Format: Paperback
$99.99

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What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities

What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes...

Author: Karel Mulder ,  Didac Ferrer
ISBN: 9781906093501
Format: Hardback
$131.00

Technology has played an significant role in creating sustainability problems that we now face; but it will also...  Read More >>

What Are Stem Cells?: Definitions at the Intersection of Science and Politics

What Are Stem Cells?: Definitions at the Intersection...

Author: John Lynch
ISBN: 9780817317485
Format: Hardback
$99.00

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GM

GM

Author: Lisa Firth ,  Carolyn Kirby
ISBN: 9781861686008
Format: Paperback
$36.30

Genetically modified crops have been put forward as a solution to world hunger, as well as an answer to providing...  Read More >>

Imperfect Oracle: The Epistemic and Moral Authority of Science

Imperfect Oracle: The Epistemic and Moral Authority...

Author: Theodore L. Brown (University of Illinois, Emeritus)
ISBN: 9780271035369
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Explores the relationships between science and other societal sectors, notably law, religion, government and public...  Read More >>

The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments

The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments

Author: Andrew Knight
ISBN: 9781137289681
Format: Paperback
$116.41

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The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments

The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments

Author: Andrew Knight
ISBN: 9780230243927
Format: Hardback
$224.40

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Ethics in Science and Engineering

Ethics in Science and Engineering

Author: James G. Speight (CD-WINC, Laramie, Wyoming) ,  Russell Foote
ISBN: 9780470626023
Format: Hardback
$197.95

For engineering and scientific endeavors to progress there must be generally accepted ethical guidelines in place...  Read More >>

Biotechnology and Cloning

Biotechnology and Cloning

Author: Lisa Firth
ISBN: 9781861685872
Format: Paperback
$20.57

Recent advances in science have provoked debate about where cloning will take us. This book considers the social...  Read More >>

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