Book ID: CBB303620436

Elements of Ethics for Physical Scientists (2017)

unapi

Greer, Sandra C. (Author)


The MIT Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 256
Language: English

A guide to the everyday decisions about right and wrong faced by physical scientists and research engineers.This book offers the first comprehensive guide to ethics for physical scientists and engineers who conduct research. Written by a distinguished professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, the book focuses on the everyday decisions about right and wrong faced by scientists as they do research, interact with other people, and work within society. The goal is to nurture readers' ethical intelligence so that they know an ethical issue when they see one, and to give them a way to think about ethical problems. After introductions to the philosophy of ethics and the philosophy of science, the book discusses research integrity, with a unique emphasis on how scientists make mistakes and how they can avoid them. It goes on to cover personal interactions among scientists, including authorship, collaborators, predecessors, reviewers, grantees, mentors, and whistle-blowers. It considers underrepresented groups in science as an ethical issue that matters not only to those groups but also to the development of science, and it examines human participants and animal subjects. Finally, the book examines scientifically relevant social issues, including public policy, weapons research, conflicts of interest, and intellectual property. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and case studies to encourage debate and further exploration of topics. The book can be used in classes and seminars in research ethics and will be an essential reference for scientists in academia, government, and industry.

...More
Reviewed By

Essay Review John Forge (2018) Science and ethics on a (very) shaky foundation. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 237-240). unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB303620436/

Similar Citations

Book Venkatesh Narayanamurti; Jeffrey Y. Tsao; (2021)
The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions: Rethinking the Nature and Nurture of Research (/isis/citation/CBB200812792/)

Article David B. Resnik; Kevin C. Elliott; (2019)
Value-entanglement and the integrity of scientific research (/isis/citation/CBB439111476/)

Article Emily Hauptmann; (2020)
Why they shared: Recovering early arguments for sharing social scientific data (/isis/citation/CBB848178675/)

Book Cooper, Leon N.; (2014)
Science and Human Experience: Values, Culture and the Mind (/isis/citation/CBB001510029/)

Book Sebastian Lutz; Adam Tamas Tuboly; (2021)
Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences: From Philosophy of Nature to Philosophy of Physics (/isis/citation/CBB559565016/)

Chapter Lightman, Bernard; (2014)
Science at the Metaphysical Society: Defining Knowledge in the 1870s (/isis/citation/CBB001202322/)

Article Rolin, Kristina; (1999)
Can Gender Ideologies Influence the Practice of the Physical Sciences (/isis/citation/CBB000110807/)

Book Lydia Patton; Erik Curiel; (2023)
Working Toward Solutions in Fluid Dynamics and Astrophysics: What the Equations Don’t Say (/isis/citation/CBB685860242/)

Essay Review Anya Plutynski; (2015)
Hail the Platypus! (/isis/citation/CBB944509707/)

Article Tararoev, Ya. V.; Direglazov, A. Yu.; (2012)
Symmetry as a Methodological Principle of the Modern Physical Sciences (/isis/citation/CBB001211419/)

Book Tilman Sauer; Raphael Scholl; (2016)
The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies (/isis/citation/CBB671585452/)

Article Corrigan, Oonagh P.; Williams-Jones, Bryn; (2006)
Pharmacogenetics: The Bioethical Problem of DNA Investment Banking (/isis/citation/CBB000770741/)

Article Schauz, Désirée; (2014)
What is Basic Research? Insights from Historical Semantics (/isis/citation/CBB001420878/)

Thesis McGuire, Amy L.; (2004)
Respect for Research Subjects: Reality or Rhetoric? (/isis/citation/CBB001561831/)

Article Hansson, Mats G.; (2006)
Combining Efficiency and Concerns about Integrity When Using Human Biobanks (/isis/citation/CBB000770739/)

Article Tyfield, David; (2013)
Transition to Science 2.0: “Remoralizing” the Economy of Science (/isis/citation/CBB001320492/)

Article Hedgecoe, Adam M.; (2006)
Context, Ethics and Pharmacogenetics (/isis/citation/CBB000770742/)

Article Hua, Julietta; Ahuja, Neel; (2013)
Chimpanzee Sanctuary: “Surplus” Life and the Politics of Transspecies Care (/isis/citation/CBB001201820/)

Authors & Contributors
Tuboly, Adam Tamas
Tsao, Jeffrey Y.
Patton, Lydia
Scholl, Raphael
Williams-Jones, Bryn
Tyfield, David
Concepts
Research
Science and ethics
Philosophy of science
Physical sciences
Biology and ethics; bioethics
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
Modern
21st century
19th century
Institutions
Institute for Social Research, Univ. of Michigan
Metaphysical Society
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment