The Responsible Scientist: A Philosophical Inquiry - Couverture rigide

Forge, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0822943492 ISBN 13 : 9780822943495

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008

Synopsis

When Fat Boy, the first atomic bomb was detonated at Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1945, moral responsibility in science was forever thrust into the forefront of philosophical debate. The culmination of the famed Manhattan Project, which employed many of the world's best scientific minds, was a singular event that signaled a new age of science for power and profit and the monumental responsibility that these actions entailed.Today, the drive for technological advances in areas such as pharmaceuticals, biosciences, communications, and the defense industry channels the vast majority of scientific endeavor into applied research. In The Responsible Scientist, John Forge examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by today's scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, Forge argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Scientists also have a backward-looking responsibility, whereby they must prevent wrongful outcomes and omissions that they are in a position to foresee.Forge presents a broad overview of many areas of scientific endeavor, citing the responsibility of corporations, employees, and groups of scientists as judged by the values of science and society's appraisals of actions and outcomes. He maintains that ultimate responsibility lies in the hands of the individual-the responsible scientist-who must exhibit the diligence and foresight to anticipate the use and abuse of his or her work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Forge is honourary associate, unit for history and philosophy of science, Sydney University, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822943492
• ISBN 13: 9780822943495
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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