Knowledge: science and technology
See Also:
- science → science in society
- society → issues → science and technology
- society → philosophy → ethics → environmental
- society → philosophy → philosophy of science → science, technology and society
Links
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's ELSI Project
http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html - Resources for middle and high school students on ethical issues in the sciences.
- Hedonistic Imperative
http://www.hedweb.com/ - Outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life.
- The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science
http://onlineethics.org/ - Provides engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethical problems.
- Social Aspects of Science and Technology
http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/goguen/projs/soc.html - A research project at the Meaning and Computation Lab, University of California, San Diego. Explores the hypothesis that information artifacts embody definite but implicit value systems.
- UNESCO: Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology.
http://www.unesco.org/ethics - UNESCO: Division of Human Sciences, Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology.
- Science and Institutions
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4605/ - Personal web pages of Luis Gonzalez-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects of science.
- Visions of Perfection
http://library.thinkquest.org/27648/ - Explores various ways that the human race has attempted to achieve perfection through philosophies and technologies of the past century.
- Science, Technology and Society
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~nchadd/home.htm - Starting points for students and teachers. Includes discussion topics and other curriculum links.
- World Conference on Science
http://helix.nature.com/wcs/index.html - Final reports from the international conference, addressing many aspects of the place of science in society, including ethics, science and technology in economic development, and environmental and economic issues.
- Science, Technology and Society Links
http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/chass/mds/stslinks.html - Links to STS-related information sources from North Carolina State University.
- American Chemical Society - Chemist's Code of Ethics
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/Chemistry?PID=acsdisplay.html&DOC=membership%5Cconduct.html - Guidance of society members in various professional dealings, especially those involving conflicts of interest.
- PBS - Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home
http://www.pbs.org/bloodlines/ - Discusses new technologies that are raising ethical, legal and social dilemmas as cutting-edge science intersects with the law.
- Ethics in Science
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/hbauer/hbauer-toc.html - An essay on the scientific method (or lack thereof) and the consequences of misconduct in science by Henry Bauer.
- Ethics in Science
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/ - Contains links to on-line resources, a bibliography, and several original essays on ethics and misconduct in science.
- Being Human: Science, Ethics and Our Rights
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/human.php - Discussions on what being human is in our world of scientific and technological advancement.
- Science, Ethics and Moral Status
http://www.phil.vt.edu/Miller/papers/science.html - Examining the notion of moral status in general and in particular the moral status of nonhuman animals.
- The Abolitionist Society
http://www.abolitionist-society.com/ - Advocating the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering.
- International Review of Information Ethics
http://www.i-r-i-e.net - The Journal of the International Center of Informations Ethics is published twice a year with the focus on intercultural information ethics.
- Humanoid Robotics
http://www.inel.gov/adaptiverobotics/humanoidrobotics - Portal that highlights top humanoid robotics projects around the world. It discusses ethical considerations regarding the use and proliferation of intelligent robots.
- EPSON Foundation - Institute of Technoethics
http://www.fundacion-epson.es - It pursues two basic aims: On the one hand, the promotion of development and technological innovation, and, on the other, an ethical and social reflection upon the implications of such development.
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