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SOCIETAL
RESPONSIBILITIES IN LIFE
SCIENCES
Charles SUSANNE
(Free University,
2004• Pages: 400. Size: 180x240• ISBN 81-85264-33-3 • Binding: Hard•
Price: US $ 45/-Rs. 1450/-
(Special Issue of Journal of Human Ecology - No.
12)
The development of biotechnologies, as the contemporary technological progress in general, not always holds in due consideration the interaction between Man, Earth, Animals and Plants. It is necessary, in our opinion, to develop, codify and divulge new ethical conceptions exceeding the economic approach between Man and Nature. If the scientist does not want to reduce his part to that of a simple "technician", he cannot avoid asking questions of social, cultural and ethical nature : each aspect of the sciences (practical or theoretical), in fact, involves the problem of their use by society, of which the researcher is part. A new ethics which faces without dogmatism the problems related to the precarious equilibrium between Man and the other elements of Nature is urgently needed. Today, global bioethics may be able to mediate between opposing ideologies by providing a common ground in health care, earth care and long-term survival: we need a global bioethics that will help the future generations to survive. This book aims at implementing research and education on the ethical problems risen by the ongoing developments in the Life Sciences and Technologies. It is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work resulting of fundamental and applied reflection on bioethical problems.
CONTENTS
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Philosophical Aspects and Societal Position of Technosciences in Europe
01. Claude Javeau: A Sociological View on Biology 1-4
02. Ascencion Cambron: The Social Responsibilities of Scientists 5-14
03. Kalli Simitopoulou And Nikos Xirotiris: Public Understanding of Life Sciences. A Cornerstone For Today’s Democracies 15-21
04. Kalli Simitopoulou And Nikos XirotiriS: Memes of Ethics – A Coevolutionary Approach – The Case of Religion’s Memes 23-27
2. Biotechnology / Biomedicine /Ethical
Trends
05. Daniel Soutullo: The Human Genome Project 29-35
06. Gianfranco Biondi And Olga Rickards: From Genome in Genome to Discover Life 37-48
07. C. R. Kemp, D. Wawizak, M. Metioui, M. Hendrickx And Luc Leyns: Embryonic Stem Cells: From Research to Therapy 49-58
08. Daniel Soutullo: Gene Therapy, Yesterday and Nowadays 59-67
09. Magdolna Szente: Neuroscience for the Society; The Power of the Individual Brain 69-76
10. Carlos Lemma Añón: Some Problems of Legal Regulation on Human Reproduction: The Case of Human Cloning 77-85
11.
Celia Pereira
12.
Maria Casado: Genetic Choices
and Social Responsibilities: Made-to-Measure Babies 93-95
13. Fernando Dias De Avila-Pires: Medical Ecology 97-103
3. Environment And Man: From Ethics To
Politics
14. Angheluta Vadineanu And Radu Stefan Vadineanu: Our World, Our Environment. How to Protect Our Planet ?
15. Thomas Heyd: Environmental Ethics: Responsibilities and Critical Perspectives 123-130
16. Julie De Wit, Jim Lafère And Luc
Hens: Indicators for Sustainable Development
and Environmental Health Indicators for 131-141
17. Janos Toth: Social Responsibility
in Pollution: The Case of the 143-147
18. Marta I. Salona Bordas: Animal Rights ? No, Human Reponsibility ? 149-160
19. Humberto D. Rosa: Bioethics of Biodiversity 161-175
20. Marta I. Salona Bordas: Are We an Ethically Sustainable Species ? A Reflection Based on the State of Our World 177-190
21. Philippe Lefevre-Witier: Responsibilities
of Human Sciences Towards Disappearing
Human Ecosystems
4. Societal Problems, Societal Ethics
22. Amelia De Lucia: Human Migration and Social Integration 195-203
23. Antonio Guerci And Stefania Consigliere: Ageing: From Bioethics to Social Ethics 205-211
24. Cristina Bernis: Ethnicity and Racism 213-221
25. Charles Susanne And Esther Rebato: Race, a Stereotype 223-226
26. Phillip V. Tobias: The Social Relations of Evolutionary and Other Sciences; Six Historical Case Studies 227-230
27. Fernando Cascais: Responsibility and the Role of the Press 231-234
28. Firouzeh Nahavandi: Globalisation and Homogenisation of Culture: The Role of Mass Medias in Developing Countries 235-239
29. Xabier Barrutia, Alfonso Dubois And Patxi Zabalo: Basic Human Needs and Globalization of the Economy 241-258
30. Walter Verraes: Ethics and Biology: Reflexions of a Biologist 259-272
Index
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