Oppenheimer's Choice

Name: Oppenheimer's Choice
Brand: State University of New York Press
SKU: 9780791467817
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Reflections from Moral Philosophy

Автор: Richard Mason

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Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: State University of New York Press

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In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos La...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Richard Mason

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2006

страници

183

EAN

9780791467817

Enbook ID

04702648

Издател

State University of New York Press

Теглоt

376

Размери

152 x 229 x 16

Пълно описание

In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, which produced the first atomic bomb three years later. This book examines the ethics of Oppenheimer's choice to take that job and our judgment of his acceptance, leading to the larger question of the meaning of moral judgment itself. Through an analysis of Oppenheimer's choice, Richard Mason explores questions of responsibility, the justification for the pursuit of scientific curiosity, the purity of research, and many other topics of interest in scientific ethics. This unique look at one man's choice brings out the necessary step from personal detail to abstract reflection--"it may be easy to praise or condemn Oppenheimer's choice, but less easy to justify our praise or condemnation.

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