Ethical Issues: Scientific & Technological Developments

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Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of global...

In Rationality and Ritual, internationally renowned expert Brian Wynne offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusi...

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EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Money is central to capitalism and to our many sustainability crises. Could we remak...

The Welfare of Animals used in Research: Practice and Ethics gives a complete and balanced overview of the issues surrounding the use of animals in...

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Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It’s here and it’s growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with examples of impressive technolog...

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The complex relationship between technology and social outcomes is well known and has recently seen significant attention due to the deepening of t...

There is a deep distrust of experts in America today. Influenced by populist politics, many question or downright ignore the recommendations of sci...