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Can Science Make Sense of Life

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Call no.
: 501/JAS
Author
: Sheila Jasanoff
Contributor
: Nurfarathul Aqma Binti Julani
Summary
This book is about points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science’s promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of family, and society; and the place of humans in nature. This book is useful for those that concerned with equitable distribution of technology, biodiversity, and the long-term health of the Earth, here is a thoughtful and up-to-date resource from an experienced scholar very close to the exponentially shifting events of risk and hope.