Technoscientific Angst : Ethics and Responsibility.

Reassesses 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 e...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Sassower, Raphael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
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Table of 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; Index.