Ethical problems of scientists—a summary
APR 01, 1965
The following is a synopsis of a lecture presented in April 1964 at a seminar on physics, history, and society (Physics 520‐D) of the Physics Department of the University of Washington, Seattle. The author is professor of physics at the University of Virginia.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3047335
The relationship of ethics to science has long been discussed as a theoretical problem by a few specialists. In recent years ethical problems associated with activity in science have acquired for many scientists a major importance on the practical level, often without having been tagged explicitly as “ethical”, or, in many cases, without having been brought above the threshold of awareness as problems worthy of serious attention. Ten such problems are identified below.
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Lawrence Cranberg. University of Virginia.
© 1965. American Institute of Physics
