Scientific Ethics: A New Approach.
Science is an activity of the human intellect and as such has ethical implications that should be reviewed and taken into account. Although science and ethics have conventionally been considered different, it is herewith proposed that they are essentially similar. The proposal set henceforth is to c...
| Published in: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 1193 - 1217 |
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Aug2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=137642077&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 137642077 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13533452 GNI jtl: Science & Engineering Ethics issn: 13533452 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2019 vid: 25 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 137642077 10.1007/s11948-018-0050-4 ppf: 1193 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 700KB tig: atl: Scientific Ethics: A New Approach. aug: au: Menapace, Marcello affil: M&Ms Consulting Limited, 39, Brighton Road, 8 Bridgestone Place, RH13 5BU, Horsham, West Sussex, UK su: Ethics Right to life (International law) Dignity Technology Theory of knowledge sug: subj: Ethics Right to life (International law) Dignity Technology Theory of knowledge keyword: Human dignity Respect for life Scientific ethics, honesty Truth ab: Science is an activity of the human intellect and as such has ethical implications that should be reviewed and taken into account. Although science and ethics have conventionally been considered different, it is herewith proposed that they are essentially similar. The proposal set henceforth is to create a new ethics rooted in science: scientific ethics. Science has firm axiological foundations and searches for truth (as a value, axiology) and knowledge (epistemology). Hence, science cannot be value neutral. Looking at standard scientific principles, it is possible to construct a scientific ethic (that is, an ethical framework based on scientific methods and rules), which can be applied to all sciences. These intellectual standards include the search for truth (honesty and its derivatives), human dignity (and by reflection the dignity of all animals) and respect for life. Through these it is thence achievable to draft a foundation of a ethics based purely on science and applicable beyond the confines of science. A few applications of these will be presented. Scientific ethics can have vast applications in other fields even in non scientific ones. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Science & Engineering Ethics is a copyright of Springer, 2019. All Rights Reserved. item: Science & Engineering Ethics holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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