Sarukkai, Sundar
(2009)
Science and the ethics of curiosity.
Current Science, 97 (6).
pp. 756-767.
ISSN 0011-3891
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| Abstract: |
It is commonly believed that the capacity for curiosity is essential for doing science. Curiosity is
also the one notion that allows science to keep ethics at bay. While there have been efforts to
develop an ethics of science, they have largely been directed to ‘applied’ sciences. But the fundamental
ethical problem is about curiosity itself. Should curiosity be restrained? The concept of
curiosity has a long and interesting history, and the birth of modern science is concurrent with
attempts to modify the meaning of curiosity. This paper discusses how the scientific community
rehabilitated curiosity in order to negate ethical challenges to the practice of science and also suggests
ways to inquire into the ethics of curiosity. |
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Journal Paper
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| Keywords: |
Curiosity, ethics, scientific practice, social responsibility, virtue |
| Subjects: |
School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: |
17 Sep 2010 08:16 |
| Last Modified: |
08 May 2015 09:41 |
| Official URL: |
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/index.html |
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| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/148 |
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