"

68 15.1 Ethics and Societal Responsibility: Introduction

Jung Choi; Mary Ann Clark; and Matthew Douglas

Introduction

This chapter explores the questions of the role of ethics in science, the role of responsibility of science for society, and the responsibility society has in science. It is not meant as an in-depth study of ethics in general. Please look at philosophy books for a thorough study of ethics.

 

The smoke of an atomic bomb
Figure 17.1 A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over the Japanese port of Nagasaki, the result of an atomic bomb, the second ever used in warfare, dropped on the industrial center on August 8, 1945, from a U.S. B-29 Superfortress. Image credit: “atomic-bomb” by vaXzine is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

 

 

Chapter Outline

15.1. Definition of Ethics & Societal Responsibility

15.2. History of Ethics in STEM Science

15.3. Atomic Fission Albert Einstein & Atomic Bomb

15.4. Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

15.5. Helsinki Protocol for Human Research

15.6. Henrietta Lacks & HeLa cells

15.7. Gene Therapy and Death in 2000 

15.8. Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease 2018

15.9. Ethics of Medical Disease Diagnostics

15.10. Ethics of Genetic Testing

15.11. Ethics of Gene Therapy

15.12. Ethics of DNA testing in Forensic Science & Criminal Justice

15.13. Use of Animals and Environment and Ethics

License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

15.1 Ethics and Societal Responsibility: Introduction Copyright © 2024 by Jung Choi; Mary Ann Clark; and Matthew Douglas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Share This Book