Intro -- Contents -- Editors' Note -- Disclaimer -- Description of Symposium on Social Responsibility of Scientists in the Technological Age -- Chapter 1 -- Social Responsibility of Scientists and Technologists: Who Will Bell the Cat? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- An Assessment of Current Status -- Need for a Sea Change in Scientific Responsibility -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- Genetic Engineering, Science and Technology -- Need for a New Era of Scientific Responsibility -- Who, What, How and When -- Scientists as Responsible Parents -- Role Responsibility of Institutions and Governments -- Awareness, Training and Oversight -- Society's Participation in Scientific Responsibility -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Ethical Responsibilities in Post-Normal Science -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Ethos of Core Science -- Post-Normal Science -- The Ethos of Post-Normal Science -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Ethics in a Decaying Universe -- Abstract -- All Has Developed and All Will Decay -- The Universe Continues to Develop -- Ethical Implications -- Responsibility of Scientists -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Technology and Scientific Responsibility through a Human Rights Lens -- Abstract -- Introduction -- What is a Rights-Based Analysis? -- Human Rights are Universal, Interdependent, and Indivisible -- Human Rights and Scientific Responsibility Share Common Foundations -- Governments Have the Primary Duty to Respect, Protect, and Fulfill Human Rights, but Non-Governmental Entities and Individuals Have Responsibilities Too -- Implementing Human Rights Requires Laws and Policies That Protect Researchers and Research Subjects -- Human Rights Laws Recognize Individual and Group Rights -- The Human Rights Framework Provides a Basis for Weighing Tensions between Interrelated Values.

Artificial Intelligence for Medical Breakthroughs -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- That Which Is Right, and That Which We Do: How to Combat HARKing, P-Hacking, Data Hoarding and Other Such Practices by Researchers? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Scientific Responsibility -- Questionable Research Practices -- HARKing -- P-Hacking -- Other QRPs - Data Hoarding -- Possible Solutions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Civilization's Crisis: The Need for Social Responsibility -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Danish Courses on Scientific Responsibility -- An Updated Edition of "Science and Society" -- The Threats and Costs of War -- Medical and Psychological Consequences, and Loss of Life -- The Threat of a Nuclear Catastrophe -- References -- Appendix: Some Organizations Working for Peace and International Law -- Chapter 7 -- Neurobiological Sources for Scientific Ethics -- Abstract -- The Frame Problem -- Neurobiology of Animals and Humans -- Neurobiological Sources for Emotions, Empathy, and Ethics -- Coping Skills -- The Affect Heuristic -- Threshold Liminality and Structured Communitas -- Model of a Scientific-Ethical Report -- References -- Appendices -- Academic Responsibility, Writing for Public Impact, and the New World Order -- The Art of Birthing: From Bioethics to Politics with Assisted Reproductive Technologies -- Bridging the Gap between Science and Political Decision Making -- Index -- Blank Page.