Future Global Ethical Issues (Excerpt from the State of the Future report)



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Who and how should make the decision as to who can interfere in a country that puts its inhabitants in danger even if it goes against the sovereignty of the country?




























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445

Is it ethical for a powerful and rich state to intervene militarily in a small state?




























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446

When a powerful and rich state intervenes militarily in a small state, what are the ethical ways of fighting the aggressor by the people of the assailed country?




























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447

What can become an ethical reason for a military intervention in another country?




























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448

Are aspirations of nations and peoples for self-determination ethical?




























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449

Is it ethical to declare fighters against aggressors and representatives of national liberation movements as terrorists?




























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455

Is it right to emphasize superiority of one nation over others?




























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483

Can the international community, in an effort to provide security of a country, authorize military operations on an outside territory?




























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487

Is it ethical for a country ostensibly supporting a peaceful world to build up its military potential?




























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526

Is it ethical for a country to assume the role of world defender of human rights and make unilateral decisions to pursue this role?




























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532

Is it ethical for a democratic society to allow the diffusion of pseudoscientific knowledge like the astrology, and therapies that are invalidated scientifically?




























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What is the ethical way to mitigate the abusive use of authority that leads to social violence?




























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549

What are the ethical means of dealing with non-democratic governments that use high technology for social control of the citizens?




























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558

Are preemptive military strikes without international due process mechanisms ethical under any circumstances?




























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564

What ethical means can be employed to hold politicians personally accountable for damages caused by specific policies they pursued?




























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Should research that could affect all of humanity, e.g. genetic manipulation, bioweapons, nanotechnology, be required to be reported in advance































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Should scientists be held responsible for their research and its consequences?































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Should science that affects all of humanity, e.g. bioweapons be required to produce an antidote before it is produced?































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204

What ethical imperatives should guide conflicts between religious and scientific views?































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244

What ethical parameters will guide the balance between science and religion; between spiritual issues (the invisible realm) with material issues (visible and measurable)?































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As an ethical matter, should the scientists consider and investigate the consequence of their research before they conduct their research activities?































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296

Is it ethical to develop military technologies whose effects on people and the environment are so far unknown?































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Should there be an "Ethical Declaration for Science and Technology,” which becomes the worldwide guiding principle in scientific research and development of scientist and technical experts?































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Ethically, how can the fruits of science and technology be spread beyond powerful companies and countries?































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409

How to place limits, in general, on scientific research and its technological applications?































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468

What consequences can be expected from a growing gap in knowledge between scientists and the rest of society due to a rapid growth in quantity and complexity of knowledge about nature?



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