03742oam 2200553 450 991030063440332120220421043816.09783319926063(electronic book)3319926063 $q (electronic bk.)10.1007/978-3-319-92606-3(CKB)4100000004244000(MiAaPQ)EBC5400865(DE-He213)978-3-319-92606-3(EXLCZ)99410000000424400020180522d2018 u| 0engur|n#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDual use science and technology, ethics and weapons of mass destruction /Seumas MillerCham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,[2018]©20181 online resource (122 pages)SpringerBriefs in Ethics,2211-8101Print version: 9783319926056 3319926055 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction,- 2. Concept of Dual Use -- 3. Collective Knowledge and Collective Ignorance -- 4. Collective Responsibility -- 5. Chemical Industry -- 6. Nuclear Industry -- 7. Cyber-technology -- 8. Biological Sciences -- 9. Conclusion -- Index.This book deals with the problem of dual-use science research and technology. It first explains the concept of dual use and then offers analyses of collective knowledge and collective ignorance. It goes on to present a theory of collective responsibility, followed by four chapters focusing on a particular scientific field or industry of dual use concern: the chemical industry, the nuclear industry, cyber-technology and the biological sciences. The problem of dual-use science research and technology arises because such research and technology has the potential to be used for great evil as well as for great good. On the one hand, knowledge is a necessary condition, and perhaps a constitutive feature, of technologies that contribute greatly to individual and collective well-being. Consider, for example, nuclear technology that enables the generation of low cost electricity in populations without obvious alternative energy sources. So technological knowledge is a good thing and ignorance of it a bad thing. On the other hand, these same technologies can be extremely harmful to individuals and collectives, as with the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So, at least with respect to some technologies evidently knowledge is a bad thing and ignorance a good thing. Accordingly, the question arises as to whether we ought to limit scientific research and/or the development of technology and, if so, which research or technology, in what manner and to what extent. This book examines the answer to that question.SpringerBriefs in ethics,2211-8101Discoveries in scienceMoral and ethical aspectsTechnological innovationsMoral and ethical aspectsWeapons of mass destructionEngineering ethicsPhilosophySocial sciencesPhilosophyElectronic booksDiscoveries in scienceMoral and ethical aspects.Technological innovationsMoral and ethical aspects.Weapons of mass destruction.Engineering ethics.Philosophy.Social sciencesPhilosophy.174.95Miller Seumas895216BOOK9910300634403321Dual Use Science and Technology, Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction2000075UNINA