Great expectations: ethics, avian flu and the value of progress

Nicholas Evans

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    Abstract

    A recent controversy over the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity's recommendation to censor two publications on genetically modified H5N1 avian influenza has generated concern over the threat to scientific freedom such censorship presents. In this paper, I argue that in the case of these studies, appeals to scientific freedom are not sufficient to motivate a rejection of censorship. I then use this conclusion to draw broader concerns about the ethics of dual-use research.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)209-213
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Medical Ethics
    Volume39
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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