Perspectives in bioethics, science, and public policy / edited by Jonathan Beever and Nicolae Morar.

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TextSeries: Purdue studies in public policyPublisher: West Lafayette, Indiana : Published in collaboration with the Global Policy Research Institute by Purdue University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xi, 161 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781612492704
1612492703
9781612492698
161249269X

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Perspectives in bioethics, science, and public policy.DDC classification:

174.2 23

LOC classification:

Q175.35

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PHI005000 | SCI080000 | POL044000

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Contents:

Title; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Animals; Minding Animals (2011); Animal Pain: What It Is and Why It Matters (2011); Environment; The Future of Environmental Ethics (2010); Climate Change, Human Rights, and the Trillionth Ton of Carbon (2010); Ethics, Environment, and Nanotechnology (2009); Biotechnologies; Nanotechnologies: Science and Society (2007); Ethical Issues in Constructing and Using Biobanks (2008); Synthetic Life: A New Industrial Revolution (2012); Index.

Summary: "In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks originally given at the annual "Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science," the chapters explore interconnections between the three areas in an engaging and accessible way. Addressing a mixed public audience, the authors go beyond dry theory to explore some of the difficult moral questions that face scientists and policy-makers every day. The introduction presents a theoretical framework for the book, defining the term "bioethics" as extending well beyond human well-being to wider relations between humans, nonhuman animals, the environment, and biotechnologies. Three sections then explore the complex relationship between moral value, scientific knowledge, and policy making. The first section starts with thoughts on nonhuman animal pain and moves to a discussion of animal understanding. The second section explores climate change and the impact of "green" nanotechnology on environmental concerns. The final section begins with dialog about ethical issues in nanotechnology, moves to an exploration of bio-banks (a technology with broad potential medical and environmental impact), and ends with a survey of the impact of biotechnologies on (synthetic) life itself"-- Provided by publisher

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"In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks originally given at the annual "Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science," the chapters explore interconnections between the three areas in an engaging and accessible way. Addressing a mixed public audience, the authors go beyond dry theory to explore some of the difficult moral questions that face scientists and policy-makers every day. The introduction presents a theoretical framework for the book, defining the term "bioethics" as extending well beyond human well-being to wider relations between humans, nonhuman animals, the environment, and biotechnologies. Three sections then explore the complex relationship between moral value, scientific knowledge, and policy making. The first section starts with thoughts on nonhuman animal pain and moves to a discussion of animal understanding. The second section explores climate change and the impact of "green" nanotechnology on environmental concerns. The final section begins with dialog about ethical issues in nanotechnology, moves to an exploration of bio-banks (a technology with broad potential medical and environmental impact), and ends with a survey of the impact of biotechnologies on (synthetic) life itself"-- Provided by publisher