Ethics of Science Communication

Dr. Fabien Medvecky is a science communication academic at the Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and works at the intersection between values, science, and society.Professor Joan Leach is the Director of the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University. She wants science communication to be oriented toward the public good and thinks discussions of ethics are a good place to start.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: what’s so good about science communication?.- Chapter 2: Ethics, values and science.- Chapter 3: The Multiple Ethics of Science.- Chapter 4: (Science) Communication as ethics.- Chapter 5: Kairos.- Chapter 6: Knowing and ignoring: the utility of information.- Chapter 7:  Storytelling and selling science.- Chapter 8: Show me the money.- Chapter 9: What are the guiding ethical principles of science communication?.- Chapter 10: Ethical science communication in practice.- Chapter 11: is science communication ethical? a question of justice.- Chapter 12: Conclusion.