SOCIETAL
RESPONSIBILITIES IN LIFE
SCIENCES Charles SUSANNE (Free University,
2004• Pages: 400.
Size: 180x240• Binding: Hard• Price: US $ 75/-Rs. 1450/- (Human Ecology Special Issue No. 12) The development of biotechnologies, as the contemporary technological progress in general, not always holds in due consideration the interaction between Man, Earth, Animals and Plants. It is necessary, in our opinion, to develop, codify and divulge new ethical conceptions exceeding the economic approach between Man and Nature. If the scientist does not want to reduce his part to that of a simple "technician", he cannot avoid asking questions of social, cultural and ethical nature : each aspect of the sciences (practical or theoretical), in fact, involves the problem of their use by society, of which the researcher is part. A new ethics which faces without dogmatism the problems related to the precarious equilibrium between Man and the other elements of Nature is urgently needed. Today, global bioethics may be able to mediate between opposing ideologies by providing a common ground in health care, earth care and long-term survival: we need a global bioethic that will help the future generations to survive. This book aims at implementing research and education on the ethical problems risen by the ongoing developments in the Life Sciences and Technologies. It is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work resulting of fundamental and applied reflection on bioethical problems. CONTENTS Preface
1. Philosophical Aspects and Societal Position of
Technosciences in Europe
1.1. Claude Javeau: A Sociological View on Biology
1.2. Ascencion Cambron: The Social Responsibilities of Scientists
1.3. Kalli Simitopoulou And Nikos Xirotiris: Public Understanding of Life Sciences. A
Cornerstone For Today’s Democracies.
1.4. Kalli Simitopoulou And Nikos XirotiriS: Memes of Ethics – A Coevolutionary Approach – The Case
of Religion’s Memes
2. Biotechnology / Biomedecine /Ethical
Trends
2.1. Daniel Soutullo: The Human
Genome Project
2.2. Gianfranco Biondi And Olga Rickards: From Genome in Genome to Discover Life
2.3. C. R. Kemp, D. Wawizak, M. Metioui,
M. Hendrickx And Luc Leyns: Embryonic Stem
Cells: From Research to Therapy
2.4. Daniel Soutullo: Gene Therapy,
Yesterday and Nowadays
2.5. Magdolna Szente:
Neuroscience for the Society; The Power of the Individual
Brain
2.6. Carlos
Lemma
Añón: Some Problems of Legal Regulation on Human Reproduction: The Case of Human Cloning
2.7. Celia Pereira
2.8 Maria Casado: Genetic Choices
and Social Responsibilities: Made-to-Measure Babies
2.9. Fernando Dias De Avila-Pires: Medical Ecology
3. Environment And Man: From Ethics To
Politics 3.1. Angheluta Vadineanu And Radu
Stefan Vadineanu: Our World, Our
Environment. How to Protect Our Planet ?
3.2. Thomas Heyd: Environmental Ethics: Responsibilities and
Critical Perspectives
3.3. Julie De Wit, Jim Lafère And Luc
Hens: Indicators for Sustainable Development
and Environmental Health Indicators for
3.4. Janos Toth: Social Responsibility
in Pollution: The Case of the
3.5.
Marta I. Salona
Bordas:
Animal Rights ? No, Human Reponsibility ?
3.6. Humberto D. Rosa: Bioethics of
Biodiversity
3.7.
Marta
I. Salona
Bordas: Are We an
Ethically Sustainable Species ? A Reflection
Based on the State of Our World
3.8. Philippe Lefevre-Witier: Responsibilities
of Human Sciences Towards Disappearing
Human Ecosystems
4. Societal Problems, Societal Ethics
4.1. Amelia De Lucia: Human
Migration and Social Integration
4.2. Antonio Guerci And Stefania
Consigliere: Ageing: From Bioethics to Social Ethics
4.3. Cristina Bernis: Ethnicity
and Racism
4.4. Charles Susanne And Esther Rebato: Race, a
Stereotype.
4.5. Phillip V.
Tobias: The Social Relations of Evolutionary and Other Sciences; Six Historical Case Studies
4.6. Fernando
Cascais: Responsibility and the Role of the Press
4.7. Firouzeh Nahavandi: Globalisation and Homogenisation
of Culture: The Role
of Mass Medias in Developing Countries
4.8. Xabier Barrutia, Alfonso Dubois
And Patxi Zabalo: Basic Human Needs and Globalization of the Economy.
4.9. Walter Verraes: Ethics and Biology: Reflexions of a Biologist
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