Dual-use decision making: relational and positional issues

Monash Bioethics Review
Nicholas G Evans

Abstract

Debates about dual-use research often turn on the potential for scientific research to be used to benefit or harm humanity. This dual-use potential is conventionally understood as the product of the magnitude of the harms and benefits of dual-use research, multiplied by their likelihood. This account, however, neglects important social aspects of the use of science and technology. In this paper, I supplement existing conceptions of dual-use potential to account for the social context of dual-use research. This account incorporates relational and positional concerns that feature in the success or failure of dual-use. I then defend this account against foreseeable objections.

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Jul 13, 2016·Journal of Medical Ethics·Regina Brown, Nicholas Greig Evans
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