Science and ethics

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[In this book, the author] examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a variety of ethical issues relevant to science and how they are ignored, to the detriment of both science and society. These issues include research on human subjects, animal research, genetic engineering, biotechnology, cloning, xenotransplantation, and stem cell research. [He] also explores the ideological agnosticism that scientis…

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Full title :Science and ethics / Bernard E. Rollin.

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Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

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oclc:ocn155471033
Dewey Decimal:174.28 T

Waxing and waning of faith in science -- Scientific ideology and "value free" science -- What is ethics? -- Ethics and research on human beings -- Animal research -- Biotechnology and ethics I, is genetic engineering intrinsically wrong? -- Biotechnology and ethics II, rampaging monsters and suffering animals -- Biotechnology and ethics III, cloning, xenotransplantation and stem cells -- Pain and ethics -- Ethics in science.

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Biotechnologie -- Aspect moral Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspe… Expérimentation humaine en médecine -- … Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethica… Génétique humaine -- Aspect moral Human experimentation in medicine -- Mo… Human genetics -- Moral and ethical asp… Médecine -- Recherche Medicine -- Research Recherche -- Aspect moral Research -- Moral and ethical aspects