"I Don't Want to Do Anything Bad." Perspectives on Scientific Responsibility: Results from a Qualitative Interview Study with Senior Scientists.
This paper presents scientists' understanding of their roles in society and corresponding responsibilities. It discusses the researchers' perspective against the background of the contemporary literature on scientific responsibility in the social sciences and philosophy and proposes a heuristic that...
| Publicado en: | NanoEthics Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 135 - 154 |
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