The Responsibility of Science for the Future of Mankind
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11937614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter Scheel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-5 |
| Publication date | 1979-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/030801879789801704 |
| OpenAlex | W2023058389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Science and technology have brought immense benefits to man, yet through them he has become divorced from nature and he has failed to understand them. Adverse effects have been deliberately hidden, and when they became obvious, have turned science into a scapegoat. Scientists are here presented as unconcerned with the social consequences of their work, whether it affects industry or politics. The endless scientific future is now seen to have strict limits, and, the author proposes, scientists must devote themselves to the problems of mankind's future. Above all, scientists must explain their work in a language which all can understand, so that man can feel again at ease in his scientific civilization
Civilization · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Scapegoat · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 1994 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |