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- Title
Governance of dual-use research: an ethical dilemma.
- Authors
Selgelid, Michael J.
- Abstract
Scenarios where the results of well-intentioned scientific research can be used for both good and harmful purposes give rise to what is now widely known as the "dual-use dilemma". There has been growing debate about the dual-use nature of life science research with implications for making biological weapons. This paper reviews several controversial publications that have been the focus of debates about dual-use life science research and critically examines relevant policy developments, particularly in the United States of America. Though the dual-use dilemma is inherently ethical in nature, the majority of debates about dual-use research have primarily involved science and security experts rather than ethicists. It is important that there is more ethical input into debates about the governance of dual-use research.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LIFE sciences; RESEARCH ethics; BIOTECHNOLOGY research; BIOLOGICAL warfare research; BIOLOGICAL weapons research; BIOLOGICAL arms control; ETHICAL problems; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2009, Vol 87, Issue 9, p720
- ISSN
0042-9686
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2471/BLT.08.051383