Bibliograph

The ethics of invention, technology and the human future, Sheila Jasanoff

Type

Label

The ethics of invention, technology and the human future, Sheila Jasanoff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ethics of invention

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

921868801

Responsibility statement

Sheila Jasanoff

Series statement

The Norton global ethics series

Sub title

technology and the human future

Summary

"A professor of science and technology studies at Harvard Kennedy School candidly documents society's embrace of technological solutions and technology's complex interplay with ethics and human rights, challenging readers to build a future in which we work together to manage the risks and promises of technology,"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The power of technology -- Risk and responsibility -- The ethical anatomy of disasters -- Remaking nature -- Tinkering with humans -- Information's wild frontiers -- Whose knowledge, whose property? -- Reclaiming the future -- Invention for the people

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