Chance Encounters A Bioethics for a Damaged Planet

In this rigorous and necessary book, Kristien Hens brings together bioethics and the philosophy of biology to argue that it is ethically necessary for scientific research to include a place for the philosopher. As well as ethical, their role is conceptual: they can improve the quality and coherence...

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Main Author: Hens, Kristien (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Open Book Publishers 2022
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