Ethical Issues: Scientific & Technological Developments

From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Each outbreak presents new ch...

From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Each outbreak presents new ch...

The concept of smart cities holds environmental promises: that digital technologies will reduce carbon emissions, air pollution and waste, and help...

The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy Review of Seychelles was conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (U...

'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia Bueno'Thoughtfully researched and beautifully w...

The first of its kind, Feminist Bioethics in Space discusses selected bioethical concerns that may arise as space exploration becomes more advanced...

Durch Informatisierung und Medialisierung werden wir als Individuen immer stärker in eine technologische Ökologie eingewoben. Kann Sigmund Freuds u...

The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about significant ethical challenges. As machines become more adept at...

Demographic change is a defining issue of our time. The worldwide population is aging and countries are facing ongoing challenges in caring for the...

Since the late nineteenth century, medicine has sought to foster the birth of healthy children by attending to the bodies of pregnant women, throug...

Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But ...

Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But ...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the complex and often controversial world of...

'A lively and dramatic account of greed, corruption, and scandal that will captivate you from start to finish.' FRANK W. ABAGNALE, subject of Catc...

In the eighteen years since Ivan Illichs death, David Cayley has been reflecting on the meaning of his friend and teachers life and work. Now, in I...

Making a Good Life takes a timely look at the ideas and values that inform how people think about reproduction and assisted reproductive technologi...

A philosophical task force explores how AI is revolutionizing our lives - and what moral problems it might bring, showing us what to be wary of, an...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title in Economics 2023. In this stimulating analysis, Hannes Gerhardt outlines the potentials and challenges of a te...

This volume unites ethicists and social scientists to contribute to a new type of technology ethics. Cooperation with scientists makes it possible ...

National DNA databanks were initially established to catalogue the identities of violent criminals and sex offenders. However, since the mid-1990s,...

The torments of the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed our medical system and steered the way to the unprecedented introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine,...

An eye-opening look at the inevitable moral choices that come along with tremendous medical progress, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wa...

Does the public trust science? Scientists? Scientific organizations? What roles do trust and the lack of trust play in public debates about how sci...

Practicing chemists face a number of ethical considerations, from issues of attribution of authorship through the potential environmental impact of...

Public health is diffuse, divided, and poorly understood. As a policy and practice, public health promotes and protects people and communities. As ...

Public health is diffuse, divided, and poorly understood. As a policy and practice, public health promotes and protects people and communities. As ...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Transhumanism is a philosophy which advocates for the use of technology to radically enh...

A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next? Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated...

Discover the true genius behind history's greatest madmen. From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by gl...

There is ample evidence that engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation would have significant, positive impacts on global climate ...