tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post7796998865902407229..comments2024-02-28T02:22:20.886-08:00Comments on homunculus: Whatever happened to the heroes?Philip Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986655706443117158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-29395794010725069672014-09-26T16:02:02.212-07:002014-09-26T16:02:02.212-07:00There are a few paragraphs (and some other parts) ...There are a few paragraphs (and some other parts) in the book Hitler's Scientists on the ethical and moral responsibilities of scientists (if any). <br /><br />The author writes "Scientists are unusually dependent, compared with artists, writers and composers, say. They are dependent on superiors, patrons, fund-holders, paymasters of every kind."<br /><br />The quotes below are also in the same chapter.<br /><br /><br />"Whatever new technology is introduced, it is not for the scientists to make the moral or ethical decisions. They have neither special rights nor skills in areas involving moral or ethical issues."<br /><br />http://www.embl.it/aboutus/science_society/conferences/conference_2000/participants/wolpert/<br /><br />"There is in fact, a grave danger in asking scientists to be more socially responsible."<br /><br />http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelfoundation/symposia/interdisciplinary/ns120/lectures/wolpert.pdf<br /><br />Chemdiaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428076032546974013noreply@blogger.com