Innovation in Scientific Research and Emerging Technologies (eBook)

A Challenge to Ethics and Law

Laura Palazzani (Autor)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
149 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-3-030-16733-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses the ethical and legal challenges related to innovations, with reference to both scientific research and emerging technologies. It analyzes scientific research with specific reference to experimentation, with a focus on vulnerable people (minors, women, people in developing countries), compassionate care, biobanks and ethical committees. In the context of emerging technologies, it examines the ethical and legal aspects of neuroscience, genomics, ICT, big data, biometrics, converging technologies, enhancement and robotics. 

The book provides conceptual tools and categories to help readers understand and acquire a critical awareness of the current debates in the field.

?Laura Palazzani is Full Professor of Philosophy of Law at the Faculty of Law of LUMSA University of Rome.

Inhalt

Contents 5
Chapter 1: Scientific Research and Experimenting on Human Beings 7
1.1 Experimentation on Human Beings 7
1.2 Experimentation on Minors 11
1.3 Experimentation on Women 15
1.4 Experimentation in Developing Countries 19
1.5 Unexperimented Drugs and Compassionate Care 23
References 26
Chapter 2: Biobanks and Ethics Committees 29
2.1 Research and Biological Samples 29
2.2 Biobanks and Informed Consent 35
2.3 Ethics Committees or Institutional Review Boards 39
References 41
Chapter 3: Emerging Technologies and Health 43
3.1 Research in Neuroscience and Neurotechnologies 43
3.2 Gene-Editing: New Frontiers in Research 48
3.3 Genome Wide-Tests, Direct-to-Consumer Tests, Incidental Findings 53
3.4 The New Medicine: Prevention, Prediction, Personalization, Precision 58
3.5 Citizen Science: New Forms of Participation in Health 60
3.6 Information and Communication Technologies in Medicine 63
3.7 Big Data and Health 68
3.8 Mobile Health 74
3.9 Biometrics, Biosecurity, Biosurveillance 78
References 80
Chapter 4: Converging Technologies and Enhancement 85
4.1 Converging Technologies: Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno-Technologies 85
4.2 Enhancement (Genetic, Biological, Cognitive): Beyond Therapy 87
4.3 Moral Enhancement 99
4.4 Roboethics and Artificial Intelligence: Beyond Humans 113
4.5 Beyond Humans: Transhumanism and Posthumanism 118
4.6 Emerging Technologies and the Future of Work 121
References 138
Chapter 5: Innovation in Techno-Science and Governance 142
5.1 Techno-Scientific Progress, Ethical Pluralism and Governance 142
5.2 The Role of Bioethics Committees: Seeking Shared Basic Principles/Values 144
5.3 A New Regulatory Approach Facing Emerging Technologies 148
References 149

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• ISBN-10: 3-030-16733-X / 303016733X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-16733-2 / 9783030167332