[Muanet] Responsibility of scientists

[Dion Giles]

The following book -- just reviewed by Scientific American -- could be of 
interest.

Dion Giles


Excerpt:

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Hitler's Scientists: Science, War and the Devil's Pact
by John Cornwell
What you see in the title of this book is less than what
you get. Cornwell, who is in the department of history and
philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge, does
write about Hitler's scientists and their attitudes toward
the warped science of the Nazi regime. But he also looks at
German science, good and bad, throughout the 20th century.
And he explores an issue of profound importance: the
relationship between science and the good society. It would
be "naive," he warns, to assume that the relationship is
morally sound in a democracy. In the face of such
challenges as secrecy, the militarization of science, and
abuse of the environment, scientists must not "relax their
moral and political vigilance."
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