The Responsibility of Science

This open acccess book provides an overview of issues of scientific responsibility. The volume comprises three types of contributions: first, analyses of the responsibility of science; second, analyses of the structural conditions for science and its responsibility; and third, normative versions of...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mieg, Harald A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Analyses of the Responsibility of Science
  • 1. Responsibility in Science: The Philosophical View (Hans Lenk)
  • 2. Science as a Profession and its Responsibility (Harald A. Mieg)
  • 3. Corporate Responsibility: A Principle of Responsive Adjustment (Peter A. French)
  • Part 2. The Social Sciences View: Structural Conditions for Science Responsibility
  • 4. Science Policy: From the Linear Model to Responsible Research and Innovation (Philip Macnaghten)
  • 5. European Law: The Precautionary Principle and Science-based Innovation in Europe (Ellen Vos & Kristel de Smedt)
  • 6. History of Science: Ambivalence(s) in the Research and use of Nuclear Energy (Horst Kant)
  • Part 3. The Scientists' Voice on the Responsibility of Science
  • 7. Between Parrhesia and Fake: Scientific Responsibility Today (Rainer E. Zimmermann)
  • 8. On the Responsibility of Science for Guaranteeing Human Rights: In the Fight Against Human Degradation, Racism, and Anti-Semitism (Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski)
  • 9. The Ambivalences of the Digital: Humans and Technologies Between new Options (dreams) and (un)noticeable Losses (Hartmut Graßl et al.)- Index