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The Place Of Morality, Curiosity And Utility In The Ethics Of Science And Technology
Matti HÄYRY*
* Head of Centre for Professional Ethics and Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE,UNITED KINGDOM
The place of morality, curiosity and utility in the ethics of science and technology is pointed out in this paper. Religious and deontological moralities set ill-defined goals and poorly justified limits to scholarly work. Utility, along with curiosity, should be allowed to define the aims of research, and negative utility, or harm, is the clearest imaginable indicator to mark the boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable scientific work. In this article, all these subjects are stressed in detail.Keywords: Morality, Curiosity, Utility, Ethics of ScienceTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2002, 10:1-5
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