The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future

Synopsis

A Professor Of Science And Technology Studies At Harvard Kennedy School Candidly Documents Society's Embrace Of Technological Solutions And Technology's Complex Interplay With Ethics And Human Rights, Challenging Readers To Build A Future In Which We Work Together To Manage The Risks And Promises Of Technology,--novelist. The Power Of Technology -- Risk And Responsibility -- The Ethical Anatomy Of Disasters -- Remaking Nature -- Tinkering With Humans -- Information's Wild Frontiers -- Whose Knowledge, Whose Property? -- Reclaiming The Future -- Invention For The People. Sheila Jasanoff. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.