Scientific Freedom: The Heart of the Right to Science

Sebastian Porsdam Mann; Helle Porsdam; Maximilian M. Schmid; Péter Vilmos Treit

doi:10.5771/9781538178393

Summary

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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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-7837-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-7839-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 198
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Series Editor’s Note No access
3. Artificial Intelligence No access
1. Historical Background and Key Concepts and Definitions No access
2. A Systematic Review of the Scholarly Literature on Scientific Freedom: Methods and Results No access
3. Taking Human Rights to the Next Level No access
4. Scientific Freedom No access
1. The SAFIRES (Scientific and Academic Freedom as Integral Elements of the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Science) Model No access
2. The Scope of ‘Science’ and ‘Scientific Freedom’ in Three Human Rights Instruments No access
1. On Drafting the General Comment on Science (2013-2020): A Personal Account No access
2. Litigating the Right to Science before the CESCR: The View from the Trenches No access
3. Defending Science, Knowledge and Facts: The UN And Scientific Freedom of Expression No access
Appendix A: Systematic Review, Methods and Results No access Pages 141 - 144
Appendix B: Included Studies No access Pages 145 - 150
Appendix C: List of Examples No access Pages 151 - 156
Notes No access Pages 157 - 192
Index No access Pages 193 - 196
About the Authors No access Pages 197 - 198