Scientific Freedom

Simona Giordano is Reader in Bioethics at the University of Manchester, UK.John Coggon is Research Fellow in the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, UKMarco Cappato is an economist and a former Member of the European Parliament for Italy.

• ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword - "Scientific Freedom and Responsibility" - John SulstonIntroduction - John Coggon, Simona Giordano, Marco CappatoPart one: Understanding Science and TechnologyChapter 1: "New technologies: are sex and fertilisation ready for divorce?" - Carl DjerassiChapter 2: "Is cell science dangerous?" - Lewis WolpertChapter 3: "The cosmos above me, and the moral maze within me: Astrophysics and base research - some reflections" - Lucio PiccirilloChapter 4: "Can freedom help to tackle global climate warming? A view from biogeochemical research" - Luca Belelli MarchesiniChapter 5: "Scientific freedom in an evolving world" - Jim FalkPart II: Science and Society: Law and RegulationChapter 6: "Freedom of research and constitutional law: some critical points" - Amedeo SantosuossoChapter 7: "Legal methodologies for maximizing freedom of scientific research" - Charles H. BaronChapter 8: "Human tissue providers for stem cell research: freedom, fairness and financial recompense" - Sarah DevaneyChapter 9: "Ideology, fundamentalism, and scientific research" - Dick TaverneChapter 10: "The Future of scientific research: compromises or way forwards?" - Emma Bonino and Simona GiordanoPart three: Science, Ethics, and the Politics of Scientific ResearchChapter 11: "Science, society and democracy: freedom of science as a catalyzer of liberty" - Gilberto Corbellini and Elisabetta SirgiovanniChapter 12: "Religion and scientific freedom" - Søren HolmChapter 13: "Should we strive for total scientific freedom?" - Malcolm OswaldChapter 14: "The ethical limitations on scientific research" - Michael BoylanChapter 15: "What's special about scientific freedom" - John CoggonConclusion: "Concluding remarks; a short history of this anthology"- Simona Giordano, Marco Cappato, and John Coggon,Appendix: "Declaration of the second meeting of The World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research"