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- Title
Dual-Use Research Codes of Conduct: Lessons from the Life Sciences.
- Authors
Selgelid, Michael
- Abstract
This paper considers multiple meanings of the expression ‘dual use’ and examines lessons to be learned from the life sciences when considering ethical and policy issues associated with the dual-use nature of nanotechnology (and converging technologies). After examining recent controversial dual-use experiments in the life sciences, it considers the potential roles and limitations of science codes of conduct for addressing concerns associated with dual-use science and technology. It concludes that, rather than being essentially associated with voluntary self-governance of the scientific community, codes of conduct should arguably be part of a broader regulatory oversight system.
- Subjects
RESEARCH ethics; CODES of ethics; BIOLOGICAL weapons research; CHEMICAL weapons research; NANOTECHNOLOGY; LIFE sciences; RESEARCH Education (Book)
- Publication
NanoEthics, 2009, Vol 3, Issue 3, p175
- ISSN
1871-4757
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11569-009-0074-y