Liberation or threat by science and technology

What is the role of science and technology in our contemporary society? This question runs like a thread through the various contributions of this book. The realization that the acquisition of knowledge and its application are not neutral activities is growing stronger: science and technology inevitably entail 'side effects'. At the same time, completely new ethical problems arise that are directly related to certain developments in science and the resulting application possibilities, such as the problem of genetic manipulation. The surprising perspectives of the various authors offer us possible answers to the question of what science and technology we will need in the future.