Format: Hardback

Publisher: Evans Publishing Group (2008)

Pages: 48

Suitable: Secondary

How do science, and decisions that scientists make, affect us? What are the universal problems facing modern science? How are these issues dealt with in different societies? This series explores our role in monitoring, developing and controlling scientific advances in a wide range of topics.

Power: Ethical debates about resources and the environment

• How should the use of fossil fuels be controlled and shared?
• Do the benefits of renewable resources outweigh the expense of harnessing them?
• Does one country have the right to interfere with another's environmental policies?
• Should airlines have to pay a tax on their fuel?