Author： Chadwick Ruth
Publisher： Maney Publishing
ISSN： 1743-2790
Source： Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Vol.30, Iss.3, 2005-09, pp. : 247-256
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Abstract
Proposals for an ethical code for scientists raise questions about the usefulness of the framework of professional ethics for debating relevant issues surrounding ethics and science. Is science a profession and if so should its professional ethic be self-derived or subject to external input? What needs to be addressed is the nature of the 'good' that science promotes. Explanations of science as a public good in terms of knowledge and diversity are possibilities, but science's answer to the basic philosophical question of hope in the human condition should not be overlooked.
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