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Published 01-02-2007
ISBN 9780522853216
Pages 136
Subjects Impact of science and technology on society
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Ethically Challenged

Big Questions for Science

Jonathan Mills

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Published 01-02-2007
ISBN 9780522853216
Pages 136
Subjects Impact of science and technology on society
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‘What would happen if the reigns of progress slipped from our hands?’
—Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

From stem cell technology and genetic screening to new reproductive possibilites—the unprecedented developments in science are among the most contentious issues of our times.

In this second volume of The Alfred Deakin Debate, a leading surgeon, lawyer, ethicist, religious leader and two scientists pose crucial questions about the future we face. These incisive and wide-ranging essays explore the ethical decisions we must make and ask the question: what must we protect about our humanity for future generations?

Contributors: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Emeritus Professor Miles Little, Cardinal George Pell, Dr Margaret Somerville, Douglas Hilton and Sir Gustav Nossal.

Jonathan Mills is a composer who studied under Peter Sculthorpe. He was a research fellow and composer-in-residence at RMIT University, Melbourne 1992–97 and adjunct professor at RMIT 1998–2003. From 1988 to 2003 he was the artistic director of music festivals in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. He was Vice-Chancellor's (Professorial) Fellow at the University of Melbourne,…