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Ethics of chemical weapons research
Kovac, Jeffrey
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127946
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- Title
- Ethics of chemical weapons research
- Author(s)
- Kovac, Jeffrey
- Issue Date
- 2016-06-15
- Keyword(s)
- History
- Chemistry
- Abstract
- Throughout history the use of chem. weapons in warfare has been controversial. The morality of chemical weapons research is similarly controversial because several potentially conflicting obligations and codes of ethics impact the decision of the individual chemist as to whether to participate in such research. In this article I will discuss the complex ethical questions surrounding chem. weapons research. All chemists are members of a national community with the obligations of citizenship, but they are also professionals subject to a code of ethics. Of course, they are also members of the human community and consequently subject to the more or less universal common morality. Membership in a religious community might also add moral restraints. A key question for chemists is whether the current professional codes of ethics can provide adequate guidance in trying to deal with this complex issue.
- Description
- Throughout history the use of chem. weapons in warfare has been controversial. The morality of chemical weapons research is similarly controversial because several potentially conflicting obligations and codes of ethics impact the decision of the individual chemist as to whether to participate in such research. In this article I will discuss the complex ethical questions surrounding chem. weapons research. All chemists are members of a national community with the obligations of citizenship, but they are also professionals subject to a code of ethics. Of course, they are also members of the human community and consequently subject to the more or less universal common morality. Membership in a religious community might also add moral restraints. A key question for chemists is whether the current professional codes of ethics can provide adequate guidance in trying to deal with this complex issue.
- Publisher
- Division of the History of Chemistry
- ISSN
- 1053-4385
- Type of Resource
- text
- Genre of Resource
- article
- Language
- eng
- Permalink
- https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127946
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2016v041p056
- Copyright and License Information
- Copyright 2016 Division of the History of Chemistry
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