Science and Technology Governance and Ethics

Science and Technology is evident in every aspect of modern life for most humans. We can hardly work, communicate, travel or even eat without the crucial support of some modern technological development. This is true whether we live in the developed or the developing world. The overall dependence we have devel- oped on modern science and technology is both significant and terrifying, as it has reached high levels of intimacy in our lives. The terrifying part of this intimacy derives from our inability to either understand or control it, and the difficulty we are having in setting common rules of engagement. But such “rules of engage- ment” are the cornerstone of our relationship with modern science and technology that come under the term of “ethics” and this is exactly the theme of this book