Elements of Ethics for Physical Scientists - Sandra C. Greer

Elements of Ethics for Physical Scientists

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2017
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-03688-7 (ISBN)
47,35 inkl. MwSt
A guide to the everyday decisions about right and wrong faced by physical scientists and research engineers.

This book offers the first comprehensive guide to ethics for physical scientists and engineers who conduct research. Written by a distinguished professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, the book focuses on the everyday decisions about right and wrong faced by scientists as they do research, interact with other people, and work within society. The goal is to nurture readers' ethical intelligence so that they know an ethical issue when they see one, and to give them a way to think about ethical problems.

After introductions to the philosophy of ethics and the philosophy of science, the book discusses research integrity, with a unique emphasis on how scientists make mistakes and how they can avoid them. It goes on to cover personal interactions among scientists, including authorship, collaborators, predecessors, reviewers, grantees, mentors, and whistle-blowers. It considers underrepresented groups in science as an ethical issue that matters not only to those groups but also to the development of science, and it examines human participants and animal subjects. Finally, the book examines scientifically relevant social issues, including public policy, weapons research, conflicts of interest, and intellectual property.

Each chapter ends with discussion questions and case studies to encourage debate and further exploration of topics. The book can be used in classes and seminars in research ethics and will be an essential reference for scientists in academia, government, and industry.

Sandra C. Greer is Professor Emerita of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland College Park and also Professor Emerita of Chemistry at Mills College.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The MIT Press
Zusatzinfo 21 b&w illus.; 42 Illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Naturwissenschaften Biologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Angewandte Physik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-262-03688-6 / 0262036886
ISBN-13 978-0-262-03688-7 / 9780262036887
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