Ethics and Science

by Carl Mitcham and Adam Briggle

Book Overview

Who owns your genes? What does climate science imply for policy? Do corporations conduct honest research? Should we teach intelligent design? Humans are creating a new world through science. The kind of world we are creating will not simply be decided by expanding scientific knowledge, but will depend on views about good and bad, right and wrong. These visions, in turn, depend on critical thinking, cogent argument and informed judgement. In this book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521702674
• ISBN13: 9780521702676
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.6"