Chance encounters : : a bioethics for a damaged planet / / Kristien Hens.
In this rigorous and necessary book, Kristien Hens brings together bioethics and the philosophy of biology to argue that it is ethically necessary for scientific research to include a place for the philosopher. As well as ethical, their role is conceptual: they can improve the quality and coherence...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, England : : Open Book Publishers,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 251 pages) :; illustrations |
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| Other title: | Chance Encounters |
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| Summary: | In this rigorous and necessary book, Kristien Hens brings together bioethics and the philosophy of biology to argue that it is ethically necessary for scientific research to include a place for the philosopher. As well as ethical, their role is conceptual: they can improve the quality and coherence of scientific research by ensuring that particular concepts are used consistently and thoughtfully across interdisciplinary projects. Hens argues that chance and uncertainty play a central part in bioethics, but that these qualities can be in tension with the attempt to establish a given theory as scientific knowledge: in describing organisms and practices, in a sense we create the world. Hens contends that this is necessarily an ethical activity. |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Kristien Hens. |