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Science in the Service of Human Rights
Richard Pierre Claude
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Description for Science in the Service of Human Rights
Paperback. Science in the Service of Human Rights presents a framework for debate on controversial questions surrounding scientific freedom and responsibility by illuminating the many critical points of intersection between human rights and science. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Issues that mix science and politics present some of today's most daunting ethical questions. Did China violate the human rights of prisoners in 2001 by harvesting their kidneys and other organs without their formal consent? Do the victims of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa have the right to effective pharmaceutical treatments that are beyond their financial reach? Have incautious steps toward human cloning trodden dangerously close to the revival of eugenics? Science in the Service of Human Rights presents a new framework for debate on such controversial questions surrounding scientific freedom and responsibility by illuminating the many critical points of intersection ... Read more
Issues that mix science and politics present some of today's most daunting ethical questions. Did China violate the human rights of prisoners in 2001 by harvesting their kidneys and other organs without their formal consent? Do the victims of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa have the right to effective pharmaceutical treatments that are beyond their financial reach? Have incautious steps toward human cloning trodden dangerously close to the revival of eugenics? Science in the Service of Human Rights presents a new framework for debate on such controversial questions surrounding scientific freedom and responsibility by illuminating the many critical points of intersection ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812221923
SKU
V9780812221923
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About Richard Pierre Claude
The late Richard Pierre Claude was Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He coedited Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reviews for Science in the Service of Human Rights
Taken together, the clearly articulated imperative outlined in the book for a human rights approach to scientific education, the wealth of case studies provided, and Claude's insightful analysis could lead to the establishment of a new model of people-centered science with the global public as beneficiaries.
Human Rights Quarterly
This book seeks to empower people at the grass ... Read more
Human Rights Quarterly
This book seeks to empower people at the grass ... Read more