Ethics and Science: An Introduction (Cambridge Applied Ethics)

Mitcham, Carl, Briggle, Adam

ISBN 10: 0521702674 / ISBN 13: 9780521702676

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Ethics and Science: An Introduction (Cambridge Applied Ethics)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521702674
• ISBN-13: 9780521702676
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

This book explores ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy, religion and technology. Through case studies and in-depth analyses, this book cultivates skills of critical thinking, cogent argument and informed judgement and explores ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy and technology.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Adam Briggle is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas. He is the author of A Rich Bioethics: Public Policy, Biotechnology, and the Kass Council (2010).

Carl Mitcham is a philosopher of science and technology in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at Colorado School of Mines (CSM). He is the author of several books including Thinking through Technology (1994) and co-author of Humanitarian Engineering (with David Muñoz, 2010). Mitcham is co-editor (with Stephen Cutcliffe) of Visions of STS: Counterpoints in Science, Technology and Society Studies (2001) and editor of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (2005).