Inquiring into Inquiry
Two Opposing Views
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20336295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert L Sinsheimer (California Institute of Technology), Gerard Piel (California Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 18 |
| Publication date | 1976-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3560381 |
| OpenAlex | W2022301380 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
For what specific purposes might we wish to limit \ninquiry? Do we wish to curb only the means or even the \nends of inquiry? Let me advance some suggestions. \nOne is the preservation of human dignity. We should \nnot do experiments that involuntarily make of man a \nmeans rather than an end. The ethics of human experimentation \nare, I think, now rather well accepted, even \nthough it must be recognized that such restraints blunt \npure inquiry
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2005 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |