Ethical Issues: Scientific & Technological Developments

In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linke...

Privacy matters because it shields us from possible abuses of power. Human beings need privacy just as much as they need community. Our need for so...

In recent years, UN agencies, global tech corporations, states and humanitarian NGOs have invested in advanced technologies from smart borders to d...

We are currently riders of the information storm. AI fascinates us, images mesmerize us, data defines us, algorithms remember us, news bombards us,...

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

Series: Themes in Canadian Sociology The only Canadian text to examine the intersection of technology and society through theories and real-world ...

New Fifth Edition Now Available!Principles of Meat Science provides a comprehensive overview that includes the latest discoveries and principles th...

This book analyses recent moves in the debate over human enhancement from two different perspectives: moral philosophy and science. It contains not...

Systems Ultra explores how we experience complex systems: the mesh of things, people, and ideas interacting to produce their own patterns and behav...

Digital technologies should be making life easier. And to a large degree they are, transforming everyday tasks of work, consumption, communication,...

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...