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On the Dual Uses of Science and Ethics

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On the Dual Uses of Science and Ethics
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Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN-13: 9781925021349
Number of pages: 410

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Claims about the transformations enabled by modern science and medicine have been accompanied by an unsettling question in recent years: might the knowledge being produced undermine -- rather than further -- human and animal well being?

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