Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy: Volume 13, Part 2

Book Overview

Recent and ongoing developments in science and technology--such as the prevention and treatment of disease through genetics and the development of increasingly sophisticated computer systems with wide-ranging applications--hold out the promise of vastly improving the quality of human life, but they can also raise serious ethical, legal, and public policy questions. The thirteen essays in this volume address these questions and related issues from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00APYBYRY
• ISBN13: 9780521589949
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"