Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits An Inquiry into Research and Methods

, by Rappert, Brian

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ISBN: 9780230002487 | 023000248X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/15/2007

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This book examines security implications for life science research as well as the methodological issues associated with conducting social research in the wake of 9/11 and the U.S. anthrax attacks.

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Boxes and Table	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Notes on Transcription	p. x
Introduction: What Should be Done?	p. 1
Weighing the risks and benefits	p. 3
Off the front page	p. 5
The usefulness of research	p. 7
How to decide what should be done?	p. 9
Outline of chapters	p. 10
Scientific Research and Social Inquiry
The Dilemmas of Dual-use Research	p. 15
A statement of the problem of 'dual-use research'	p. 16
A brief recent history of 'dual-use' life science research	p. 20
Social analysis as evaluating responses to the dual-use dilemma	p. 29
Social analysis as constituting the dual-use dilemma	p. 32
Concluding remarks	p. 35
Discussing Science	p. 36
Prevalent models of science	p. 36
Science under the microscope: norms and facts	p. 38
Social studies of science under the microscope: topics and resources	p. 45
Reconsidering dual-use framings	p. 47
Making claims and claim-making in the analysis of dual-use research	p. 50
Closing remarks	p. 55
Inquiry, Engagement, and Education	p. 56
Moving forward with education?	p. 56
Moving forward with social analysis	p. 58
A pragmatic response to questions with learning and inquiry	p. 62
Contrasting pragmatics	p. 70
The Conversations - Themes and Actions
Learning to Respond	p. 73
What to do?	p. 74
Who to have a conversation with?	p. 78
Dialogue and 'real time' experimentation	p. 79
Discussion	p. 96
Openness and Constraint	p. 99
Openness and constraint in science	p. 100
Openness and constraint in interaction	p. 112
Questioning and answering	p. 115
Neutrality and Bias	p. 123
Neutrality and bias in the conversations	p. 124
Neutrality and bias in analysis	p. 128
Questions about questioning	p. 133
Discussion	p. 141
Expertise and Equality	p. 143
Dual-use research in the public domain	p. 144
Expertise in interaction	p. 155
Strategies for interaction	p. 159
Final remarks	p. 164
The Limits of Method
Closing Remarks	p. 169
Learning about learning	p. 172
Notes	p. 176
Index	p. 193
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Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits An Inquiry into Research and Methods

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Author Biography

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