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    Education and Ethics in the Life Sciences: Strengthening the Prohibition of Biological Weapons

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    Author(s)
    Rappert, Brian
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    At the start of the twenty-first century, warnings have been raised in some quarters about how – by intent or by mishap – advances in biotechnology and related fields could aid the spread of disease. Science academics, medical organisations, governments, security analysts, and others are among those that have sought to raise concern. Education and Ethics in the Life Sciences examines a variety of attempts to bring greater awareness to security concerns associated with the life sciences. It identifies lessons from practical initiatives across a wide range of national contexts as well as more general reflections about education and ethics. The eighteen contributors bring together perspectives from a diverse range of fields – including politics, virology, sociology, ethics, security studies, microbiology, and medicine – as well as their experiences in universities, think tanks and government. In offering their assessment about what must be done and by whom, each chapter addresses a host of challenging practical and conceptual questions. Education and Ethics in the Life Sciences will be of interest to those planning and undertaking training activities in other areas. In asking how education and ethics are being made to matter in an emerging area of social unease, it will also be of interest to those with more general concerns about professional conduct.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33761
    Keywords
    biotechnology; prevention; ethics; education; Bioethics; Biological warfare; Biological Weapons Convention; Biology; Biosecurity; China; Dual-use technology
    DOI
    10.26530/OAPEN_459095
    OCN
    658207512
    Publisher
    ANU Press
    Publisher website
    https://press.anu.edu.au/
    Publication date and place
    Canberra, 2010
    Series
    Practical Ethics and Public Policy Monograph, 1
    Classification
    Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments
    Education
    Pages
    222
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    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Bioethics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioethics; Biological warfare - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_warfare; Biological Weapons Convention - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_Weapons_Convention; Biology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology; Biosecurity - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosecurity; China - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China; Dual-use technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-use_technology; Ethics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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