naa a22 4500 510779077 CHVBK 20180411083240.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11948-012-9355-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11948-012-9355-x Kovac Jeffrey Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 37996-1600, Knoxville, TN, USA aut Science, Ethics and War: A Pacifist's Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Jeffrey Kovac] This article considers the ethical aspects of the question: should a scientist engage in war-related research, particularly use-inspired or applied research directed at the development of the means for the better waging of war? Because scientists are simultaneously professionals, citizens of a particular country, and human beings, they are subject to conflicting moral and practical demands. There are three major philosophical views concerning the morality of war that are relevant to this discussion: realism, just war theory and pacifism. In addition, the requirements of professional codes of ethics and common morality contribute to an ethical analysis of the involvement of scientists and engineers in war-related research and technology. Because modern total warfare, which is facilitated by the work of scientists and engineers, results in the inevitable killing of innocents, it follows that most, if not all, war-related research should be considered at least as morally suspect and probably as morally prohibited. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2012 War nationallicence Use-inspired research nationallicence Ethics nationallicence Pacifism nationallicence Just war theory nationallicence Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/2(2013-06-01), 449-460 1353-3452 19:2<449 2013 19 11948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-012-9355-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-012-9355-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kovac Jeffrey Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 37996-1600, Knoxville, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/2(2013-06-01), 449-460 1353-3452 19:2<449 2013 19 11948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer