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TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional ethics and the 'good' of science.
AU - Chadwick, Ruth
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - Proposals for an ethical code for scientists raise questions about the usefulness of the framework of professional ethics for debating relevant issues surrounding ethics and science. Is science a profession and if so should its professional ethic be self-derived or subject to external input? What needs to be addressed is the nature of the 'good' that science promotes. Explanations of science as a public good in terms of knowledge and diversity are possibilities, but science's answer to the basic philosophical question of hope in the human condition should not be overlooked.
AB - Proposals for an ethical code for scientists raise questions about the usefulness of the framework of professional ethics for debating relevant issues surrounding ethics and science. Is science a profession and if so should its professional ethic be self-derived or subject to external input? What needs to be addressed is the nature of the 'good' that science promotes. Explanations of science as a public good in terms of knowledge and diversity are possibilities, but science's answer to the basic philosophical question of hope in the human condition should not be overlooked.
U2 - 10.1179/030801805X42054
DO - 10.1179/030801805X42054
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
SP - 247
EP - 256
JO - Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
JF - Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
SN - 1743-2790
IS - 3
ER -