Encyclopedia of Bioethics Revision Project

科学、技术和社会研究支持研究和教育项目，这些项目考察影响科学和技术的方向和使用的社会、政治、智力和经济背景。道德和价值观研究支持审查社会、专业和个人价值观以及在科学、技术和社会互动中产生的相互义务和责任的项目。该项目为准备对《生物伦理学百科全书》第一版进行彻底和扩展修订所需的奖学金提供了部分支持。百科全书的用户包括专业、研究生、本科和高中的学生和教师；专业人员；研究人员；公共政策制定者和普通公众。这本基本的获奖参考书由麦克米伦于1978年出版。自那时以来，包括生物技术和生物工程在内的生命科学发生了巨大的变化和进步，需要对当前工作中的条目进行重大修订。此外，修订版将更加彻底和明确地涉及处理活的有机体和生命过程的所有科学分支。它将更加关注农业、遗传学(包括生物工程)、行为和社会科学、生态科学和生物医学技术等生命科学中的伦理问题，以及它们对科学和工程教育的影响。与生命科学和技术的文化影响以及影响伦理反应的科学和工程哲学有关的基本问题将被审查。这一扩展需要发展新的分领域和专题，并将其纳入工作。对这一项目的大部分支持是由出版商提供的；来自这一奖项的资金将使迅速进行所需的额外学术努力成为可能。该项目将有助于开发生物伦理学的基本资源，供学者、学生和公众使用。首席调查员和他的顾问非常合格；以前的结果非常有功，受到好评。体制和其他支持良好，成本合理。该项目得到了高度优先的支持。

Studies in Science, Technology and Society supports research and educational projects that examine the social, political, intellectual and economic contexts that influence the direction and use of science and technology. Ethics and Values Studies supports projects that examine the social, professional and individual values and mutual obligations and responsibilities that arise in interactions of science, technology and society. This project provides partial support for the scholarship needed to prepare a thorough and expanded revision of the entire first edition of the Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Users of the Encyclopedia include students and teachers in professional, graduate, undergraduate and high schools; professionals; researchers; public policy makers and the general public. This basic award-winning reference work was published by Macmillan in 1978. Since that time, there have been enormous changes and advances in the life sciences, including biotechnology and bioengineering, requiring major revisions to the entries in the current work. In addition, the revised edition will be more thoroughly and explicitly concerned with all branches of science that deal with living organisms and life processes. It will be more attentive to ethical issues in life sciences such as agriculture, genetics (including bioengineering), behavioral and social sciences, ecological sciences and biomedical technologies, as well as their implications for science and engineering education. Foundational problems related to the cultural impact of the life sciences and technology and the philosophy of science and engineering that influence the ethical responses will be examined. This expansion requires the development and integration of new sub-areas and topics into the work. Most of the support for this project is provided by the publisher; funds from this award will enable the additional scholarly effort that is needed to proceed expeditiously. This project will contribute to the development of a basic resource in bioethics, for use by scholars, students, and publics. The principal investigator and his advisors are very well qualified; prior results have been very meritorious and well received. Institutional and other support is good and costs are reasonable. The project has high priority for support.