Modern Science and Human Values
Modern Science and Human Values

Author: William W. Lowrance

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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A thought-provoking discussion of the various ways in which science, technology, and medicine influence social philosophies and choices. Social attitudes, values, and ethics are analysed for their roles in decision- and policy-making. Citing case studies -- the continuing debate surrounding sociobiology, the role of peer review in formulating recombinant DNA research policy, societal guidance of medical experimentation, and the application of risk assessment to nuclear reactor safety -- Lowrance argues that society will be better served by a technical stewardship that extends beyond narrowly defined concepts of responsibility. This book will be of great interest to a wide range of medical researchers, scientists, ethicists, and lay readers.

Science and Human Values
Science and Human Values

Author: Jacob Bronowski

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2011-10-20

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 0571281257

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Science and Human Values was originally a lecture by Jacob Bronowski at MIT in 1953. Published five years later, it opens unforgettably with Bronowski's description of Nagasaki in 1945: 'a bare waste of ashes', making him acutely aware of science's power both for good and for evil. After such knowledge, what forgiveness? With care and erudition Bronowski argues that scientific endeavour is an essentially creative act, part of a great shared human interest in ourselves and the world around us; and, routinely, a process of trial-and-error, the end of which is not - cannot be - preordained. 'Above all, Bronowski strove to make science and technology answerable to social progress, to 'human values.' He anticipated the deepening gap between the 'two cultures' and knew that the sciences must be restored to a place in political common sense.' George Steiner

The Moral Landscape
The Moral Landscape

Author: Sam Harris

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 143917122X

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Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.

Science and Human Experience
Science and Human Experience

Author: Leon N. Cooper

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1107043174

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Nobel Laureate Leon N. Cooper places pressing scientific questions in the broader context of how they relate to human experience.

Science and Human Values
Science and Human Values

Author: Jacob Bronowski

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1990-03-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780613141901

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The seminal study of the effects of the scientific revolution on human psychology.

Living in a Technological Culture
Living in a Technological Culture

Author: Hans Oberdiek

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-11-02

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1134911157

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Technology is no longer confined to the laboratory but has become an established part of our daily lives. Its sophistication offers us power beyond our human capacity which can either dazzle or threaten; it depends who is in control. Living in a Technological Culture challenges traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between `man-and-machine'. It argues that contemporary science does not shape technology but is shaped by it. Neither discipline exists in a moral vacuum, both are determined by politics rather than scientific inquiry. By questioning our existing uses of technology, this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now. As an introduction to the philosophy of technology this will be valuable to students, but will be equally engaging for the general reader.