Open AccessBiosecurity, Dual Use and Research Ethics
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Yasuda
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2013.p0644
Subject(s) - biosecurity , dilemma , dual (grammatical number) , engineering ethics , political science , public health , public relations , research ethics , security dilemma , environmental ethics , sociology , law , medicine , engineering , china , epistemology , art , literature , pathology , philosophy , nursing
Issues treated in this essay are security concern on science and technology on one hand and research freedom, public health needs and innovation on the other. They are not necessarily compatible with each other, which is called “dual use dilemma.” An important question is how the dilemma can be addressed appropriately in a civil society.