1st Edition

Science and Technology Ethics

By Raymond E. E.Spier Copyright 2001
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Science and Technology Ethics re-examines the ethics by which we live and asks the question: do we have in place the ethical guidelines through which we can incorporate these developments with the minimum of disruption and disaffection? It assesses the ethical systems in place and proposes new approaches to our scientific and engineering processes and products, our social contacts, biology and... Read more
List of contributors, 1 Science and engineering ethics: overview, 2 The processes of science, 3 Ethics and the products of science, 4 Engineering ethics, 5Ethics in conflict, 6 A social contract?, 7 Biology, engineering and ethics, 8 Computers and society, 9 Ethical issues engendered by engineering with atomic nuclei, 10 Science and the military, 11 Engineering, ethics and the environment, Index

Biography

Dr Raymond E.Spier, Raymond E. Spier