Dual use and the ethical responsibility of scientists

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Ehni, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complicity; Dual use; Research ethics; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

COMPLICITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIST;

ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 45849084624     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-008-0020-7     Document Type: Review

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