Life sciences, ethics and democracy
Encyclopedia
Life sciences, ethics and democracy (LSED) is a peer reviewed academic book series that was founded in 2011 and is published by Rodopi
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The spectacular progress of the life sciences
during the last decades poses new ethical, social and political challenges. In our days, questions of scientific truth and scientific progress are inextricably intertwined with questions concerning ethics, social justice and democratic participation. This series focuses on newly emerging conceptual and practical interfaces between the life sciences
, the social sciences
and the humanities
, in order to address this new complexity in scientifically and socially responsible ways.
Rodopi Publishers
Rodopi, founded in 1966 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is an independent academic publishing company with offices in the Netherlands and the United States.Rodopi publishes over 150 titles per year in around 70 peer-reviewed book series and journals...
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The spectacular progress of the life sciences
Life sciences
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
during the last decades poses new ethical, social and political challenges. In our days, questions of scientific truth and scientific progress are inextricably intertwined with questions concerning ethics, social justice and democratic participation. This series focuses on newly emerging conceptual and practical interfaces between the life sciences
Life sciences
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
, the social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
and the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, in order to address this new complexity in scientifically and socially responsible ways.