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200 10$aTechnoscientific angst$b[electronic resource] $eethics & responsibility /$fRaphael Sassower
210   $aMinneapolis, MN ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc1997
215   $a1 online resource (158 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8166-2957-9 
311   $a0-8166-2956-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aReassesses 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 c
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