Archive for the 'Ethics of science' Category
• July 16, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science, Science and humanities
Tags: 19th Century, 21st century, brain plasticity, cognitive science, Danny Penman, emotional health, generosity, Genetic determinism, happiness, Mark Williams, mental health, mindfulness, pathologization, Psychology, richard powers, Studies in the History of the Renaissance, Walter Pater
• July 13, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science
Tags: biotechnology, biovalue, Capitalism, Catherine Waldby, Dr. Golde, ecology, John Moore, Melinda Cooper, Moore v. Regents of the University of California, neoliberalism, reanimation, Robert Mitchell, speculation, Terrence Rafferty, tissue, tissue economies, waste, zombies
• July 6, 2012 •
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Posted in Chimeras, Ethics of science, Genetic engineering, Stem cell research
Tags: blood transfusions, Chimeras, early modern science, Ethics of science, historical/ cultural study, history of science, Stem cell research
• July 3, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science, Genetic engineering, Oryx and Crake
Tags: Atwood, brainwashing, ethical dilemma, Ethics of science, future for humanity, Genetic Disease, Genetic engineering, plague, post-apocalyptic
• July 2, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science
Tags: academia, consensus, history of science, Martin Robbins, popular science, science journalism, sociology of science, Steven Shapin, technoscience, the diet industry, The Gu, The Guardian, the MMR scare
• June 25, 2012 •
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Posted in Cloning, Ethics of science, Never Let Me Go
Tags: activity versus passivity, Dissemination of information, fate, Kazuo Ishiguro, narrative structure, Never Let Me Go, reader response, role of education
• June 19, 2012 •
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Posted in Brave New World, Ethics of science, Genetic determinism
Tags: bioethics, biological determinism, biomedicine, bioscience, Brave New World, Cynthia Nixon, difference, discrimination, Frank Bruni, gay rights, genetics, Huxley, laboratory, New York Times, Nikolas Rose, technology
• April 20, 2012 •
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Posted in Cloning, Ethics of science, Eugenics, Genetic engineering, Posthuman, Stem cell research
Tags: Churchill, Condorcet, consilience, E. O. WIlson, future
• April 19, 2012 •
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Posted in Cloning, Cloud Atlas, Collaboration in Humanities, Ethics of science, Never Let Me Go, Oryx and Crake, Science and humanities
Tags: Collaboration of Arts and Sciences, fellowhsip of the ring, future, hope
• March 26, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science, Eugenics, Genetic engineering, Island of Dr. Moreau, Oryx and Crake, Posthuman, Science Fiction
Tags: Crake, Crakers, Dr. Moreau, Margaret Atwood, Oryx, Snowman
