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How do the most recent developments in the life sciences affect our
understanding of what it is to be Human?
In March 2004 in Genoa, under the auspices of the European Group on Life
Sciences , this question was debated by leading figures in science, in
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Research and Markets: Man Confronts the New Challenges of the Life sciences

Extract from the Preface
"In this context, I attach great importance to public debates on the
increasing impact of life sciences and biotechnological innovations."
Philippe Busquin, European Research Commissioner

Contents include:

Introduction

Forum - Life Sciences and the Belief in Progress

Science and Progress Axel Kahn

Beyond Enlightenment: The Rise of a Culture of Life Karin Knorr Cetina

Life Sciences , the Image of Man and Progress Evandro Agazzi

What Philosophies on Progress for the Third Millennium? Gilbert Hottois

Forum - The Challenge and Limitations of Reductionism in Life Sciences
Research

Reductionism: Methodological and Ideological Fraser Watts

The Limits of Biological Reductionist Explanations of the Human Condition
Steven PR Rose

Creating Contexts: Reduction or Expansion? Marilyn Strathern

Forum - Life Sciences and Democracy

Beyond Utopias: Evolutionary Rationalism and Noocracy Ladislav Kovac

Science Without a Conscience Sophie Bessis

Science, Ethics and Danger Lewis Wolpert

Wish Fulfillment and its Discontents - On the Uneasy Relationship Between
the Life Sciences and the Humanities Helga Nowotny

Life Science, Governance and Public Participation: The New Dilemmas of
Democracy
Massimiano Bucchi

Forum - Science Fiction: the cultural Spin-offs from the Life Sciences

The Day after Tomorrow Christopher Bigsby

Smuggling Science onto the Page or Stage Carl Djerassi

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This book brings together the speeches of fourteen of the participants. What is, therefore, the
place of life sciences in today 's European cultures? How can we monitor
scientific and technical progress and make sure that European citizens benefit
from research developments? Good governance is impossible without responsible
citizens . But is it possible to imagine citizenship without cultural
awareness? It is inconceivable to discuss the repercussions of research
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