Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments books

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Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research

Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research...
Author: John Forge ISBN: 9789400757356 Format: Hardback	$290.37
The pilot-less drones, smart bombs and other high-tech weapons on display in recent conflicts are all the outcome... Read More >>

Malaysian water sector reform: Policy and performance

Malaysian water sector reform: Policy and performance...
Author: Ching Thoo Kim ISBN: 9789086862191 Format: Paperback	$277.20
The water sector reform in Malaysia, initiated in 2004, intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of... Read More >>

Preparing for Life in Humanity 2.0

Preparing for Life in Humanity 2.0
Author: S. Fuller ISBN: 9781137277060 Format: Hardback	$137.28
Developing directly from Fuller's recent book Humanity 2.0, this is the first book to seriously consider what a... Read More >>

Regulating Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis: A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis

Regulating Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis: A Comparative...
Author: Sheila A.M. McLean (University of Glasgow, UK) , Sarah Elliston (University of Glasgow, UK) ISBN: 9780415686440 Format: Hardback	$315.00
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Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities

Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point...
Author: Karen Olson (Community College of Baltimore County) ISBN: 9780271058603 Format: Paperback	$56.99
Wives of Steel is based on more than 80 interviews with women and some men, all of whom were part of Sparrows Point... Read More >>

The Governance of Energy in China: Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

The Governance of Energy in China: Transition to a Low-Carbon...
Author: P. Andrews-Speed ISBN: 9780230282247 Format: Hardback	$145.17
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Risky Genes: Genetics, Breast Cancer and Jewish Identity

Risky Genes: Genetics, Breast Cancer and Jewish Identity...
Author: Jessica Mozersky (University of Pennsylvania, USA) ISBN: 9780415502283 Format: Hardback	$315.00
Ashkenazi Jews have the highest known population risk of carrying specific mutations in the high-risk breast cancer... Read More >>

Problems of Conception: Issues of Law, Biotechnology, Individuals and Kinship

Problems of Conception: Issues of Law, Biotechnology,...
Author: Marit Melhuus ISBN: 9780857455024 Format: Hardback	$269.10
The Biotechnology Act in Norway, the most restrictive in Europe, forbids egg donation and surrogacy and has rescinded... Read More >>

International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary

International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on...
Author: National Research Council , Institute of Medicine ISBN: 9780309252089 Format: Paperback	$92.40
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A Theory of Unborn Life: From Abortion to Genetic Manipulation

A Theory of Unborn Life: From Abortion to Genetic Manipulation...
Author: Anja Karnein (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main) ISBN: 9780199782475 Format: Hardback	$125.95
In light of new biomedical technologies, such as artificial reproduction, stem cell research, genetic selection... Read More >>

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured...
Author: Erik M. Conway , Naomi Oreskes ISBN: 9781408824832 Format: Paperback	$22.99
The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts... Read More >>

Ethics in Technology: A Philosophical Study

Ethics in Technology: A Philosophical Study
Author: Topi Heikkerö ISBN: 9780739168646 Format: Hardback	$145.95
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Climate change and sustainable development: Ethical perspectives on land use and food production

Climate change and sustainable development: Ethical...
Author: Thomas Potthast , Simon Meisch ISBN: 9789086861972 Format: Paperback	$415.80
Climate change is a major framing condition for sustainable development of agriculture and food. Global food production... Read More >>

Environmental Health Ethics

Environmental Health Ethics
Author: David B. Resnik ISBN: 9781139161848 Format: Undefined	$620.40
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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 Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics

The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics...
Author: Luciano Floridi (University of Hertfordshire) ISBN: 9780511845239 Format: Undefined	$620.40
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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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The Ethics of Transplants: Why Careless Thought Costs Lives

The Ethics of Transplants: Why Careless Thought Costs...
Author: Janet Radcliffe Richards (Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) ISBN: 9780199575558 Format: Hardback	$42.95
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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 >>

Identity Politics and the New Genetics: Re/Creating Categories of Difference and Belonging

Identity Politics and the New Genetics: Re/Creating...
Author: Katharina Schramm , David Skinner ISBN: 9780857452535 Format: Hardback	$211.20
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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 >>

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