Hello Chirs,
Am Montag 22 Februar 2010 schrieb Chris Lawton:
> I think the problem is that science has always operated under the principle
> and mentality of consequential ethics - which basically comes down to do
> the science and deal with the impact afterwards. While this is
> particularly true in bio/bio-tech areas, I think there is always an
> underlying sense in the scientific community of once you have let the
> genie out of the bottle you can't get it back in i.e. you can't easily
> undiscover or unlearn.
Can you clarify what this means for climate science? I'm not sure I really
understand what you are saying. Isn't it a different situation: biotech
actually changes the world, whereas climate scientists are researching changes
that happen due to other activities. So I don't see in what way consequential
ethics applies to climate science.
thanks
Stephan
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