The Strategic Defense Initiative

Educational Resource
Author:Thomsen, Marshall
Abstract:

The Strategic Defense Initiative provides a context for exploring the ethical issues that arise when scientific research has a direct bearing on public policy. Students are asked to consider three different documents that were circulated during the first few years of the SDI program. A brief guide for the discussion facilitator highlights some key ethical issues.

Keywords:
Communicating Science and Engineering, Controversies, Ethics and Society, Military and Defense Research, Public Health and Safety, Research and Practice, Responsible Innovation, Safety
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2018
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/strategic-defense-initiative
    • Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario|Historical / Non-Fiction Case

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/827e-cf30