Cast the First Stone
Ethics as a Weapon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9680655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans Toch (Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-194 |
| Publication date | 1981-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1981.tb00410.x |
| OpenAlex | W1767396590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Notorious scientific scandals leave the impression that a line between ethical and unethical research can be drawn, but routine examples show that an ethical penumbra exists. Breaches of ethics in science rarely surface. Most collegial charges of unethical conduct can be dismissed as being partisan; outsiders’ethical questions are more threatening, because they imply that violations are widespread. Such implications can be neutralized by “self‐regulation.” Unethical behavior must be purposive. Technical violations can be attributed to ignorance. The downplaying of ethics preserves the “community‐of‐scholars” myth; highlighting the ethics issue would destroy this myth
Alternative medicine · Criminology · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Ignorance · Mythology · Political science · Scientific Misconduct · Sociology · Engineering · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1983 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |