Ethics of the Sciences

Shaping the Future of Academic Practices
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-981-9228-20-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 443 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 706 g

This Open Access book sketches the outlines of a novel approach to the ethics of the sciences that aims to improve the connections between science and society in a nuanced and interdisciplinary way. The contributors collectively propose to elevate the ethics of science from an ancillary field that mainly provides services to the sciences to a field that is in its own right a hub of knowledge, developing its own scholarly processes and methods that are translatable into a broad range of scientific contexts. This shift is facilitated by a rigorously interdisciplinary perspective that spans a wide range of expertise, subject matters, and approaches. Accordingly, the volume contains contributions from a broad spectrum of fields. This book is an essential resource for students and researchers in science and technology studies, philosophy of science and technology, philosophy, bio-/medical ethics, law, sociology, educational sciences, political sciences, computer/data science, and history of science.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hinrichsen, Jan

Bizer, Kilian

Hönnige, Christoph

Misselhorn, Catrin

Reydon, Thomas A.C.

Schicktanz, Silke

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Ethics of Sciences in Times of Social and Technical Transformation: Introduction to the Volume.- Part 1: Ethics and Science – The Lay of the Land.- 2: Ethics and the Sciences: Dimensions of Interaction and Interdisciplinarity.- 3: Future Prospects for the ELSI Philosophy in a Time of Disruption.- 4: Multiple Competition and the Ethics of the Sciences: Toward an Interdisciplinary Dialogue.- Part 2: The Internal Ethics of Science.- 5: The Changing Faces of Freedom: Historicizing Academic Activism as an Ethical Challenge.- 6: Digital Sovereignty in Science: Challenges and Opportunities through Large Language Models in Knowledge Production.- 7: Determination of the Unknown? A Spotlight on Current Challenges in Research Data Management from the Data Protection Perspective.- 8: Model Transfer as a Case of Interdisciplinary Research in Science.- Part 3: Science in the Societal and Political Sphere.- 9: Three Problems for Predictive Policy Advice.- 10: The Demand for Science in Politics: A Study of German Election Manifestos.- 11: Trust in Science in Modern Democracies: Determinants and Empirical Findings.- 12: The Idea of Regulatory Experiments as an Instrument of Learning.- Part 4: Ethics in Science Communication and Education.- 13: The Dual Lens: Connecting AI Ethics in Education with Science Ethics.- 14: Communicating Science in a Post-truth Society.- 15: Pluralism About the Nature of Science: Ethical Challenges in Science Education and Communication.- Part 5: Social and Technological Transformations.- 16: Artificial Morality and Machine Ethics.- 17: Lifetime and Climate Change: On the Ethical Importance of Divergent Temporalities.- 18: Aging as a Project: Ethical and Socio-political Perspectives.- 19: Equitable Fair Innings – Revisiting the Rationing of Health Care on the Basis of Age.

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Hinrichsen  is a cultural anthropologist of science and technology. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany.

Kilian Bizer  is Professor of Economic Policy and SME Research at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany.

Christoph Hönnige  is Professor for Comparative and German Politics at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. 

Catrin Misselhorn  is Chair of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, Germany. 

Thomas A.C. Reydon  is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology in the Institute of Philosophy and the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS) at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. 

Silke Schicktanz  is Full Professor of Ethical and Cultural Studies of Biomedicine and director of the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany.