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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Morality of Weapons Research
    sub title: Why it is Wrong to Design Weapons
  name:
    name part: Forge, John.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 1st ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 103 p. 1 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This book addresses the morality of engaging in weapons research, a topic that has been neglected but which is extremely important. It is argued that this activity is both morally wrong and morally unjustifiable, and this implies that moral persons should not engage in it. The argument is not based on any pacifist assumptions: it is not assumed that neither individuals nor states should not defend themselves. What is wrong with weapons research is that it is the first step in the production of weapons, weapons are the means to harm, and harming without justification is always wrong. Those who study science, for instance those who are interested in the responsibilities of the scientist, are given a new perspective, while those who are practicing scientists will realize that they should not consider working to design new or improved weapons systems. This book is of interest to students and researchers working in ethics and technology, philosophy of technology, military ethics, and history of technology.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Nature of Weapons Research -- Chapter 2: Weapons as the Means to Harm -- Chapter 3: Defence as Justification for Weapons Research -- Chapter 4. The Outcomes of Weapons Research -- Chapter 5: Just War Theory and Weapons Research -- Conclusion.
  note: by John Forge.
  subject:
    topic: Research-Moral and ethical aspects
  subject:
    topic: Politics and war
  subject:
    topic: Research Ethics
  subject:
    topic: Military and Defence Studies
  classification: BJ1-1725
  classification: 174.9
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Ethics
  identifier: 9783030168605
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16860-5
  record info:
    record creation date: 190402
    record change date: 20191220131259.0
    record identifier: 978-3-030-16860-5