Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Editors' Note -- Disclaimer -- Description of Symposium on Social Responsibility of Scientists in the Technological Age -- Chapter 1 -- Social Responsibility of Scientists and Technologists: Who Will Bell the Cat? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- An Assessment of Current Status -- Need for a Sea Change in Scientific Responsibility -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- Genetic Engineering, Science and Technology -- Need for a New Era of Scientific Responsibility -- Who, What, How and When -- Scientists as Responsible Parents -- Role Responsibility of Institutions and Governments -- Awareness, Training and Oversight -- Society's Participation in Scientific Responsibility -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Ethical Responsibilities in Post-Normal Science -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Ethos of Core Science -- Post-Normal Science -- The Ethos of Post-Normal Science -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Ethics in a Decaying Universe -- Abstract -- All Has Developed and All Will Decay -- The Universe Continues to Develop -- Ethical Implications -- Responsibility of Scientists -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Technology and Scientific Responsibility through a Human Rights Lens -- Abstract -- Introduction -- What is a Rights-Based Analysis? -- Human Rights are Universal, Interdependent, and Indivisible -- Human Rights and Scientific Responsibility Share Common Foundations -- Governments Have the Primary Duty to Respect, Protect, and Fulfill Human Rights, but Non-Governmental Entities and Individuals Have Responsibilities Too -- Implementing Human Rights Requires Laws and Policies That Protect Researchers and Research Subjects -- Human Rights Laws Recognize Individual and Group Rights -- The Human Rights Framework Provides a Basis for Weighing Tensions between Interrelated Values.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (154 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781536134582
Series Statement:
Ethical Issues in the 21st Century Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31323868
Language:
English
Note:
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