02970nam 2200637Ia 450 991045740590332120200520144314.00-8166-8814-1(CKB)1000000000347023(EBL)310408(OCoLC)476094382(SSID)ssj0000256629(PQKBManifestationID)11201144(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256629(PQKBWorkID)10224011(PQKB)10594136(MiAaPQ)EBC310408(OCoLC)232159935(MdBmJHUP)muse39930(Au-PeEL)EBL310408(CaPaEBR)ebr10159551(CaONFJC)MIL523430(EXLCZ)99100000000034702319970507d1997 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTechnoscientific angst[electronic resource] ethics & responsibility /Raphael SassowerMinneapolis, MN ;London University of Minnesota Pressc19971 online resource (158 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-2957-9 0-8166-2956-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Responsible Technoscience: The Haunting Reality of Auschwitz and Hiroshima; 2 Public Expectations of Technoscience: From Truth to Immortality; 3 Ambiguity and Anxiety: The Making of Human Anguish; 4 The Postmodern Option: A Dialectical Critique; 5 Responsible Technoscience: A Reconstruction; 6 The Price of Responsibility: From Personal to Financial; 7 Cultural Changes: Agenda Setting; References; IndexReassesses the social and ethical situations of technoscientists.What responsibility do the Manhattan Project scientists have for the atomic devastation of Hiroshima? The Krupps scientists for the crematoriums at Auschwitz? Disturbing questions like these are at the heart of this book, a sobering exploration of scientific and intellectual responsibility.Raphael Sassower considers two related phenomena: the positive public image of science as the citadel of truth and objectivity and the angst displayed by scientists over their indirect roles in technological horrors. Largely unexamined, these cTechnologyPhilosophyTechnologyMoral and ethical aspectsSciencePhilosophyScienceMoral and ethical aspectsElectronic books.TechnologyPhilosophy.TechnologyMoral and ethical aspects.SciencePhilosophy.ScienceMoral and ethical aspects.174/.96Sassower Raphael250660MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457405903321Technoscientific angst2132712UNINA