That everyone has a human right to enjoy the benefits of the progress of science and its applications comes as a surprise to many. Nevertheless, this right is pertinent to numerous issues at the intersection of science and society: open access; 'dual use' science; access to ownership and dissemination of data, knowledge, methods and the affordances and applications thereof; as well as the role of international co-operation, human dignity and other human rights in relation to science and its products. As we advance towards superintelligence, quantum computing, drone swarms, and life-extension technology, serious policy decisions will be made at the national and international levels. The human right to science provides an ideal tool to do so, backed up as it is by international law, political heft, and normative weight. This book is the first sustained attempt at turning this wonder of foresight into an actionable and justiciable right.
Author(s): Helle Porsdam, Sebastian Porsdam Mann
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 324
Tags: Freedom Of Information; Human Rights; Access To Knowledge Movement
Cover
Half-title page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Part I The Right to Science, Then
1 The Dawning of a Right: Science and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1941–1948)
2 The Origins of the Right to Science: The American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
3 IP Rights and Human Rights: What History Tells Us and Why It Matters
4 “Fostering a Love of Truth”: Conceptions of Science in UNESCO’s Early Years
5 The Right to Science and the Evolution of Scientific Integrity
Part II The Right to Science, Now
6 On the Right to Science As a Cultural Human Right
7 Mainstreaming Science and Human Rights in UNESCO
8 Considering the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications As a Cultural Right: A Change in Perspective
9 Implications of the Right to Science for People with Disabilities
10 Science in the Times of SARS-CoV-2
Part III Disseminating, Implementing, and Putting into Practice the Right to Science
11 “Fight the Fear with the Facts!”
12 The Right to Science: From Principle to Practice and the Role of National Science Academies
13 The Right to Science in Practice: A Proposed Test in Four Stages
14 The Right to Science: A Practical Tool for Advancing Global Health Equity and Promoting the Human Rights of People with Tuberculosis
15 A Proposal for Indicators of the Human Right to Science
16 Epilogue: Tensions in the Right to Science Then and Now
Index
