The Ethical Canary
Science, Society, and the Human Spirit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19918355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Somerville, Margaret J Somerville (0000-0001-8804-5825, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 368 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Ethical Canary (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780773572201 |
| OpenAlex | W2799173058 |
| Open Library | OL33427883M |
| ISBN | 9780773572201 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
Every day we hear news about medical or scientific breakthroughs and the complex ethical issues they raise. Feats that were never before possible, including cloning, genetically modifying food, mapping human chromosomes, and using animal organs for human transplants, have opened up a Pandora's box of ethical questions. Technology is advancing at such rate that the issue is not so much what we can do but rather whether we will do it. Margaret Somerville, a leading international authority on medicine, ethics, and the law, demonstrates that society must set ethically acceptable limits on scientific advances. In this controversial, and timely book Somerville sheds light on the urgent ethical and legal questions that vie for our attention. Along the way, she calls upon us to recognize the mysteries that lie at the heart of our lives and the metaphysical reality that gives meaning to life. The Ethical Canary is a major contribution to the debate about the hottest issues in ethics today, from one of the world's leading authorities
Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human spirit · Political science · Sociology · Engineering · Evolution and Science Education · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Medical Ethics · Science, moral and ethical aspects
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Critiquing circumcision
Grey Matter
The Politics and Ethics of Same-Sex Adoption
Lazarus [ 1], liminality, and animality
Redefining marriage or deconstructing society
Little Albert’s alleged neurological impairment
Strengthening drug policy and practice through ethics engagement
A Rose by Any Other Name? Rethinking the Similarities and Differences between Male and Female Genital Cutting
The Masturbation Taboo and the Rise of Routine Male Circumcision
Should liberal government regulate male circumcision performed in the name of Jewish tradition
Genital Cutting as Gender Oppression
Moral Schemas in Articulation and Intuition
Exploring the ethical implications of the late discovery of adoptive and donor-insemination offspring status
The Sacred Bharatanatyam Dance
Are Gay and Lesbian People Fading into the History of Bioethics
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2022 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |