Philippe Kourilsky

The Right Usage of the Precautionary Principle

The precautionary principle is a term so frequently repeated in most spheres of public life that it has become something of a mantra. And yet it remains controversial and has been given many different, and often contradictory, interpretations by its supporters and opponents. For these reasons, the author argues that it is essential to clarify the way the term is used, and this forms the basis of this work. Philippe Kourilsky is the head of the Institut Pasteur and a member of the French Academy of Science.

Philippe Kourilsky

Science and Democracy

An analysis of democracy to understand the current crisis in our political system

Philippe Kourilsky

The Architects of Heredity

Is man on the verge of controlling heredity? Will the characteristics of living creatures soon depend on our choice ? Do genetic manipulation, cloning and mutation warrant the fear they inspire? Philippe Kourilsky is the General Director of the Pasteur Institute. He is a professor at the Collège de France, and a member of the Academy of Sciences.

Philippe Kourilsky

The Time of the altruism

An eminent scientist tells us how to alter our thinking so that we can finally face the present global challenges with effective common actions.

Philippe Kourilsky

Science: A Natural Gift

Philippe Kourilsky

The Manifesto Of Altruism

Only the duty of altruism, both personal and collective, will enable us to build a more just society

Bernard Kouchner

The Suffering of Others

Bernard Kouchner, Patrick Aeberhard, Jean-Pierre Daulouède, Bertrand Lebeau Leibovici, William Lowenstein

Toxicos Drug addiction: Thirty Years that Changed Everything – But Tomorrow?]

Against the institutional inertia and the comfort of habits of thought, the invigorating and instructive account by five uncommon brothers in arms, driven by the same will to care for those who in the past were despised.