Ethical issues: scientific and medical developments Books
Taylor & Francis The Ethics of Geoengineering the Global Climate
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ethics for People Who Work in Tech
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Taylor & Francis Models Simulations and Representations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Genetics as Social Practice Transdisciplinary Views on Science and Culture
Book SynopsisRecent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the topic. Regulatory and ethical debates benefit from taking seriously this 'third dimension' of culture, which often determines the configurations and limits of the space within which scientific, ethical and legal debate can take place. To fill this gap, this volume brings together contributions exploring the mutual relationships between genetics, markets, societies and identities in genetics and genomics. It draws upon the recent transdisciplinary debate on how socio-cultural factors influence understandings of 'genetics2.0'' and shows how individual and collective identities are challenged or reinforced by cultural meanings and practices of genetics. This book will become a standard reference for everyone seeking to make sense of the controversies and shifts in the fieTrade Review’This is a timely and important publication that fills a gap in research and teaching. The editors have done a great job putting together a range of thoughtful analyses on the ethical, social and personal challenges that follow when genetics leaves the lab and the headlines and becomes an everyday issue for ordinary people. I will be happy to recommend this book to my students.’ Lene Koch, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ’As technology produces an unprecedented level of genetic information, this book successfully analyses the changing social and ethical implications and challenges for individuals and societies. This is a clear and essential reference for both academics and lay readers that explores the dramatic present and future impact of genetics from a social, political and scientific perspective.’ Tim Spector, King’s College London, UKTable of ContentsChapter 1 Geneticising Life: A Collective Endeavour and its Challenges, Barbara Prainsack, Silke Schicktanz, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer; Part I Creating Identities; Chapter 2 Will Personal Genomic Information Transform One’s Self?, Jennifer R. Fishman, Michelle L. McGowan; Chapter 3 The Changing Self: Philosophical Concepts of Self and Personal Identity in a Post-clinical Age of Genetics, Josef Quitterer; Chapter 4 1An earlier version of this chapter appeared in Race and the Genetic Revolution, edited by S. Krimsky and K.Sloan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010., Troy Duster; Chapter 5 Other Stories: Artistic Explorations of Genealogy and Identity, Priska Gisler, Mo Diener, Luzia Hürzeler; Part II Sharing Knowledge; Chapter 6 1Portions of this essay were originally published in Czas Kultury (6, 2010)., Paul Vanouse; Chapter 7 Consequences of Sequences, Codes and Messages:, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer; Chapter 8 The Ethics of Patenting in Genetics: A Second Enclosure of the Commons?, Sigrid Sterckx, Julian Cockbain; Part III Part Icipating in the Social Laboratory; Chapter 9 Understanding Part Icipation: The ‘Citizen Science’ of Genetics, Barbara Prainsack; Chapter 10 LabouringMe, LabouringUs, Gisli Palsson; Chapter 11 Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes toward Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases, Aviad E. Raz, Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty, Julia Inthorn, Silke Schicktanz; Chapter 12 Genetic Responsibility Revisited: Moral and Cultural Implications of Genetic Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease, Silke Schicktanz, Friederike Kogel;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Applied Ethics of Emerging Military and Security Technologies
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Cambridge University Press Vaccines as Technology
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Cambridge University Press Vaccines as Technology
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Cambridge University Press Gender and Technology at Work
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Cambridge University Press Personal Genome Medicine
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Cambridge University Press Personal Genome Medicine
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of AI and Consumer Law
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Cambridge University Press Health and Disease
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Experiment How to Save the World for Just a Trillion
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Chronicle Books Which Side of History?: How Technology Is
Book SynopsisWhich Side of History? offers a collection of bold essays on how technology is affecting democracy, society, and our future. Featuring prominent national voices such as Sacha Baron Cohen, Marc Benioff, Ellen Pao, Ken Auletta, Chelsea Clinton, Tim Wu, Khaled Hosseini, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Jaron Lanier, Willow Bay, Sal Khan, Sherry Turkle, Shoshana Zuboff, Vivek Murthy, Geoffrey Canada, and many more. The essays focus on the extraordinary impact of technology on our privacy, kids and families, race and gender roles, democracy, climate change, and mental health. This groundbreaking book challenges opinion leaders and the broader public to take action to improve technology's effects on our lives. • Featuring notable journalists, engineers, entrepreneurs, novelists, activists, filmmakers, business leaders, scholars, and researchers, including: Thomas Friedman, Kara Swisher, Michelle Alexander, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jenna Wortham, Cameron Kasky, Howard Gardner, and Tristan Harris. • Explores the ethical behavior of Big Tech, or the lack thereof. • Offers roadmaps for constructive change and thought-provoking perspectives. With the rise of cyberbullying and hate speech online, issues around climate change and technology, and the "move fast and break things" mentality of tech culture, Which Side of History? will urge readers to draw the line. • This book will help shape the conversations we have around technology in our society and our future for years to come. • A smart gift for anyone who approaches tech and the future with a healthy skepticism • Edited by James P. Steyer, the CEO and founder of Common Sense Media. • Add it to the shelf with books like Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr, and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff.
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