Scientific Freedom
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Scientific Freedom

The Heart of the Right to Science

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eBook - ePub

Scientific Freedom

The Heart of the Right to Science

About this book

Scientists are supposed to have freedom to choose and conduct their experiments and exchange their ideas. Known as scientific freedom, this idea has been implicated in both wonderful and terrible scientific discoveries. Although it is not new, it has great relevance to contemporary society. In a time of genetic editing, global warming, and a worldwide pandemic, the question of how freely science is and should be conducted is one that has significant practical consequences.

Drawing on rigorous interdisciplinary methods, this book defines the concept of scientific freedom, tells its story, and asks on what basis scientific freedom is best justified. Based on international human rights law and philosophy, the authors develop a model of scientific freedom as a constitutive element of the human right to enjoy the benefits of the progress of science and its applications. To illustrate its usefulness, they then test and apply this model to a real-life and real-time case study, as well as to two highly important international human rights instruments.

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Yes, you can access Scientific Freedom by Sebastian Porsdam Mann,Helle Porsdam,Maximilian M. Schmid,Péter Vilmos Treit in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Science & Technology Law. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Contents
  4. Series Editor’s Note
  5. Introduction
  6. PART I: Setting the Scene and Providing the Necessary Historical Background
  7. Chapter 1: Historical Background and Key Concepts and Definitions
  8. Chapter 2: A Systematic Review of the Scholarly Literature on Scientific Freedom: Methods and Results
  9. Chapter 3: Taking Human Rights to the Next Level: The Right to Science, History and Content
  10. Chapter 4: Scientific Freedom: How Does It Relate to Scientific Dissemination and International Co-operation?
  11. PART II: SAFIRES: A Conceptual Model of Scientific Freedom Obligations under International Human Rights Law
  12. Chapter 5: The SAFIRES (Scientific and Academic Freedom as Integral Elements of the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Science) Model
  13. Chapter 6: The Scope of ‘Science’ and ‘Scientific Freedom’ in Three Human Rights Instruments
  14. PART III: Working with Scientific Freedom and the Right to Science in Practice
  15. Chapter 7: On Drafting the General Comment on Science (2013–2020): A Personal Account
  16. Chapter 8: Litigating the Right to Science before the CESCR: The View from the Trenches
  17. Chapter 9: Defending Science, Knowledge and Facts: The UN And Scientific Freedom of Expression
  18. Appendix A: Systematic Review, Methods and Results
  19. Appendix B: Included Studies
  20. Appendix C: List of Examples
  21. Notes
  22. About the Authors