David A Resnik

Responsible Conduct of Research

Responsible Conduct of Research

The Price of Truth: How Money Affects the Norms of Science

Dying Declarations: Notes From A Hospice Volunteer

Owning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA Patenting

Owning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA Patenting

Dying Declarations: Notes from a Hospice Volunteer (Haworth Pastoral Press Religion and Mental Health)

Death strips away all of the superficial and mundane details of living and leaves behind life’s bare essentials.Death is inevitable in life. It knows no boundaries. It knows no skin color, no financial or social standing. It knows nothing but itself. The paradox of Dying Declarations: Notes from a H...

Responsible Conduct of Research

Since the early 2000s, the field of Responsible Conduct of Research has become widely recognized as essential to scientific education, investigation, and training. At present, research institutions with public funding are expected to have some minimal training and education in RCR for their graduate...

The Ethics of Science: An Introduction (Philosophical Issues in Science)

Ethics of Science is a comprehensive and student-friendly introduction to the study of ethics in science and scientific research. The book covers: * Science and Ethics * Ethical Theory and Applications * Science as a Profession * Standards of Ethical Conduct in Science * Objectivity in Research * Et...

Playing Politics with Science: Balancing Scientific Independence and Government Oversight (Practical and Professional Ethics)

In the last decade, science in the United States has become increasingly politicized, as government officials have been accused of manipulating, distorting, subverting, and censoring science for ideological purposes. Political gamesmanship has played a major role in many different areas of science, ...

Environmental Health Ethics

Environmental Health Ethics illuminates the conflicts between protecting the environment and promoting human health. In this study, David B. Resnik develops a method for making ethical decisions on environmental health issues. He applies this method to various issues, including pesticide use, antibi...

Responsible Conduct of Research

Ethics in scientific research has never been more important. Recent controversies over the integrity of data in federally funded science, the manipulation and distortion of privately sponsored research, cloning, stem cell research, and the patenting of DNA and cell lines, illustrate the need for a m...

The Price of Truth: How Money Affects the Norms of Science (Practical and Professional Ethics)

Modern science is big business. Governments, universities, and corporations have invested billions of dollars in scientific and technological research in the hope of obtaining power and profit. For the most part, this investment has benefited science and society, leading to new discoveries, inventio...

Owning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA Patenting

A clear, introductory overview of the issues surrounding gene patenting.