Etiske dilemmaer: videnskabelige, teknologiske og medicinske udviklinger

Since their invention, computers have kept revolutionizing the world at a staggering pace. And yet, if on one side this ongoing revolution keepsproviding an incessant stream of novel and previously unimaginabletechnologies, on the other, as with all revolutions, its profoundeffects threaten to upend much of the previous world order. Facing themany questions that this change is urgently raising will require toacquire a novel and interdisciplinary understanding of the powerfulforces that govern this process. Sitting squarely at the crossroads ofcomputer science, history, socioeconomics, ethics, and philosophy, andwritten by an insider who contributed foundational work to many of thelatest and most pervasive technologies this book offers a much-neededreframing of the past, present and future of computing, that goes farbeyond the typical chronological record of events and arms us with auniquely broad and integrated analysis of their complex origins andtheir numerous side effects.

Following decades of silence about the involvement of doctors, medical researchers and other health professionals in the Holocaust and other National Socialist (Nazi) crimes, scholars in recent years have produced a growing body of research that reveals the pervasive extent of that complicity. This interdisciplinary collection of studies presents documentation of the critical role medicine played in realizing the policies of Hitler's regime. It traces the history of Nazi medicine from its roots in the racial theories of the 1920s, through its manifestations during the Nazi period, on to legacies and continuities from the postwar years to the present.

"In recent years, more and more of our lives takes place online. But what about our afterlives? Thanks to the digital trails of data we leave behind, much of "who we are" can be reconstructed-even after our death. Sooner than we think, the dead will outnumber the living on Facebook, and in time, AI technology will allow us to "interact" with the departed. In this short, thought-provoking book, Carl èOhman asks us to consider what happens to our data after we pass away. How do we decide what data should be preserved? What sorts of ethical issues does it raise? We live in what èOhman calls the post-mortal condition, one in which the dead and the living coexist online through digital remains. Examining government digital heritage committees, public archives, NGOs, museums, and commercial institutions, èOhman analyzes various forms of data preservation and digital reanimation, ultimately calling for us, as a society, to acknowledge and to engage creatively with our condition. He calls for us to reevaluate the relationship between the living and the dead, and to work together to create a shared ethics of preservation. This isn't just the duty of our digital overlords. These are our lives, our deaths, and it is time we think seriously about how we want our data to be treated"--

The concept of smart cities holds environmental promises: that digital technologies will reduce carbon emissions, air pollution and waste, and help address climate change. Drawing on academic scholarship and two case studies from Manchester and Helsinki, this timely and accessible book examines what happens when these promises are broken, as they prioritise technological innovation rather than environmental care. The book reveals that smart cities' vision of sustainable digital future obfuscates the environmental harms and social injustices that digitisation inflicts. The framework of "broken promises", coined by the authors, centres environmental questions in analysing imaginaries and practices of smart cities. This is a must read for anyone interested in the connections between digital technologies and environment justice.

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the complex and often controversial world of fertility care. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research and interviews with patients and professionals, the book critically examines the tensions between evidence-based medicine and the demands of an increasingly commercialized fertility care industry. It sheds light on controversial "add-on" treatments, and an emerging hope market. With its interdisciplinary approach, this is an essential resource for readers in the fields of science and technology studies and medical sociology.

This book offers an in-depth investigation into the digitisation processes of Europe's border regime. It shows how sociotechnical imaginations of future borders drive forward the expansion of databases in the European governance of mobility. With a focus on the European Union Agency eu-LISA, one of the most significant and rapidly advancing actors in the digital border regime, the book serves as a gateway to understanding the key agents, visions, technologies and practices at work. Asking broader questions about exclusion, discrimination, violence and mobility rights, this is an original contribution to our understanding of future borders in Europe.

Recent decades have witnessed the creation of new types of property systems, ranging from data ownership to national control over genetic resources. This trend has significant implications for wealth distribution and our understanding of who can own what. This book explores the idea of ownership in the realm of plant breeding, revealing how plants have been legally and materially transformed into property. It highlights the controversial aspects of turning seeds, plants and genes into property and how this endangers the viability of the seed industry. Examining ownership not simply as a legal concept, but as a bundle of laws, practices and technologies, this is a valuable contribution that will interest scholars of intellectual property studies, the anthropology of markets, science and technology studies and related fields.

Bist Du Dir sicher? Dass es so war. Wie Du denkst. Als Martha in den Norden zieht, hat sie einen tollen Job als Kinderärztin, ein traumhaftes Gartenhaus und einen Mann. Doch eine einzige Nacht zerstört ihr Leben. Behauptet sie doch, dass während ihrer Schicht in der Klinik ein schwer misshandeltes Mädchen verstorben ist. Ihr Chef streitet ab, dass dieses Kind je existiert hat. Martha begibt sich in eine Therapie. Doch kaum wird sie entlassen, passiert es wieder. Sie findet einen halbtoten Jungen am Straßenrand, der spurlos verschwindet, als sie ihn ins Krankenhaus bringen will. Marthas Suche nach den Kindern wird zu einer verzweifelten Jagd nach Gewissheit. Doch wem kann sie noch trauen? Der Polizei jedenfalls nicht. Und was ist das für ein seltsames Dorf, in das ihre Schwester gezogen ist? Abgelegen an einem Moor. Alle Spuren der verschwundenen Kinder scheinen dorthin zu führen, auch wenn niemand sie vermisst.

Ein striktes Verbot der Eizellspende ist in einer liberalen Gesellschaft nicht gerechtfertigt. Dennoch ist sie mit Problemen behaftet, die nicht ignoriert werden sollten. Diese Arbeit untersucht jene Probleme aus moralphilosophischer Perspektive und zeigt Rahmenbedingungen auf, wie ein guter Umgang mit der Eizellspende gelingen kann. Zusätzlich werden zahlreiche Schnittstellen zu anderen Fortpflanzungsverfahren herausgestellt.

This book examines a variety of attempts to bring greater awareness to security concerns associated with the life sciences.

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This thought-provoking collection redefines the boundaries of moral responsibility. It shows how epigenetics reveals connections between our genetic make-up and our environment. The essays suggest a shift in focus from individual to collective responsibility.

How can we achieve digital justice in the age of COVID-19? This book explores how the pandemic has transformed our use and perception of digital technologies in various settings. It also examines the right to resist or reject these technologies and the politics of refusal in different contexts and scenarios. The book offers a timely and original analysis of the new realities and challenges of digital technologies, paving the way for a post-COVID-19 future. -- Provided by publisher.

Nature That Makes Us Human combines recent scientific discoveries in biology and psychology with deep philosophical inquiry--in addition to economic, political, and historical considerations--to understand what motivates us to keep destroying nature today and how we can engage in a new relationship with nature tomorrow. This book is for anyone interested in understanding and overcoming the current ecological crisis.

In recent years, UN agencies, global tech corporations, states and humanitarian NGOs have invested in advanced technologies from smart borders to digital identities to manage migratory movements. These are surveillance technologies that have intensified the militarization of borders and became a testing ground for surveillance capitalism. This book shows how these technologies reproduce structural inequalities and discriminative policies. Korkmaz reveals the way in which they grant extensive powers to states and big tech corporations to control communities. Unpacking the effects of surveillance capitalism on vulnerable populations, this is a much-needed intervention that will be of interest to readers in a range of fields.

EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Money is central to capitalism and to our many sustainability crises. Could we remake money so as to advance sustainable economies and fair societies? A growing number of scholars, politicians and activists think we can, and they are doing it from the bottom up. This book examines how grassroots groups, municipalities and radical crypto-entrepreneurs are remaking money by designing and organising complementary currencies. It argues that in their novel ideas and governance practices lie the key for building green and inclusive economies. Engaging imaginatively with the future of money, this accessible book will appeal to anyone interested in constructing a more sustainable and just world.

Definition: Ethical responsibility is the ability to recognize, interpret and act upon multiple principles and values according to the standards within a given field and/or context.