Ethical Issues: Scientific & Technological Developments

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 ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that cant be fixed. Instead of helping to address our current ...

Lochlann Jains debut non-fiction graphic novel, Things That Art, playfully interrogates the order of things. Toying with the relationship between w...

Would you say your phone is safe, or your computer? What about your car? Or your bank?  There is a global war going on and the next target could b...

Cyberthreats are among the most critical issues facing the world today. Cybersecurity Management draws on case studies to analyze cybercrime at the...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition.The best per...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition.The best per...

Scientific breakthroughs have led us to a point where soon we will be able to make specific choices about the genetic makeup of our offspring. In f...

FINALIST: American Book Fest Best Book Awards 2024 - Business: Technology Responsible AI is a guide to how business leaders can develop and implem...