The right to science : then and now /

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Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
©2022
Description:1 online resource (xii, 309 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12875836
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Other authors / contributors:Porsdam, Helle, 1956- editor.
Mann, Sebastian Porsdam, editor.
ISBN:9781108776301
1108776302
9781108478250
9781108745642 (paperback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed January 28, 2022).
Summary:"That everyone has a human right to enjoy the benefits of the progress of science and its applications comes as a surprise to many. Nevertheless, this right is pertinent to numerous issues at the intersection of science and society: open access; 'dual use' science; access to ownership and dissemination of data, knowledge, methods and the affordances and applications thereof; as well as the role of international cooperation, human dignity and other human rights in relation to science and its products. As we advance towards superintelligence, quantum computing, drone swarms and life-extension technology, serious policy decisions will be made at the national and international levels. The human right to science provides an ideal tool to do so, backed up as it is by international law, political heft and normative weight. This book is the first sustained attempt at turning this wonder of foresight into an actionable and justiciable right. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--
Other form:Print version: Right to science Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2021?] 9781108478250