Ethics for Life Scientists

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Life sciences have huge controversial social implications. Drawing from a workshop at Wageningen University and Research Centre, this book discusses topics and theories, such as the relationship between ethics, professional ethics and business ethics, the public responsibility of researchers and communicating, and discussing ethical issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-08-15
Mått160 x 240 x 13 mm
Vikt348 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWageningen UR Frontis Series
Antal sidor219
Upplaga2004
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781402031793

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Introduction: Ethical challenges for the life sciences.- Researchers in Organizations.- Moral complexity in organizations.- Comments on Jeurissen: Organization and moral complexity.- The social role of businesses and the role of the professional.- Comments on Wempe: Conditions for ethical business.- Responsible Authorship and Communication.- The responsible conduct of research, including responsible authorship and publication practices.- Comments on Bulger: The responsible conduct of research, including responsible authorship and publication practices.- Professional ethics and scholarly communication.- Comments on Zwart: Professional ethics and scholarly communication.- Some recent challenges to openness and freedom in scientific publication.- Comments on Resnik: Some recent challenges to openness and freedom in scientific publication.- Ethics of Animal Research.- Research ethics for animal biotechnology.- Comments on Thompson: Research ethics for animal biotechnology.- Ethics for Life Scientists as a Challenge for Ethics.- How common morality relates to business and the professions.- Comments on Gert: Gert’s common morality: old-fashioned or untimely?.- Research as a challenge for ethical reflection.- Comments on Düwell: Research as a challenge for ethical reflection.- Scientists in Society.- New public responsibilities for life scientists.- Comments on Korthals: New public responsibilities for life scientists.- Science, context and professional ethics.- Bioscientists as ethical decision-makers.- Comments on Häyry: Assessing bioscientific work from a moral point of view.- New Developments.- The human genome: common resource but not common heritage.- Conclusions.- Conclusions: Towards ethically sound life sciences.