Decoupling Policy and Practice: How Life Scientists Respond to Ethics Education [Book Review]

Minerva 46 (1):1-16 (2008)
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Many graduate programmes in science now require courses in ethics. However, little is known about their reception or use. Using websites and interviews, this essay examines ethics requirements in the field of biosciences in three countries (the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Italy) between 2000 and 2005. Evidence suggests that current policies may be ineffective, and that scientists who take ethical issues seriously are seen as exceptional

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