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Round 2 produced a set of judgments from over 300 participants about the significance and ease or difficulty in resolution of the issues that presented and invited comments. The tables below summarize the results:
Note: in the issues numbers, the first number represents the period for which that issue was listed, while the numbers after the “.” represent the issue’s number as listed in the questionnaire under that period. For example:
1.2 means issue 2 in the first time frame (2005–2010)
2. 2 means issue 2 in the second time frame (2010–2025)
3.2 means issue 2 in the third time frame (2025–2050)
2005–2010
Issue Number
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Issue
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Significance
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Resolution
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Number of Respondents
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1.2
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What is the ethical way to intervene in the affairs of a country that is significantly endangering its or other people?
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4.233
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3.997
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300
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1.5
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Should religions give up the claim of certainty and/or superiority to reduce religion-related conflicts?
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4.133
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4.110
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301
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1.8
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Do we have a right to clone ourselves?
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4.023
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3.897
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300
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1.3
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Do parents have a right to create genetically altered “designer babies?”
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4.020
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3.278
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302
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1.7
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Should national sovereignty and cultural differences be allowed to prevent international intervention designed to stop widespread violence perpetrated by men against women?
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3.902
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3.657
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297
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1.1
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Is it right to allow people and organizations to pollute if they pay a fee or engage in pollution trading?
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3.748
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3.378
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302
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1.4
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What are the ethical ways to develop applications of artificial intelligence?
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3.278
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2.946
|
299
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1.6
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Should scientists be held personally responsible for the consequences of their research?
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3.249
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3.053
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301
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2010–2025
Issue Number
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Issue
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Significance
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Resolution
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Number of Respondents
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2.4
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Do we have the right to alter our genetic germ line so that future generations cannot inherit the potential for genetically related diseases or disabilities?
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4.023
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3.452
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299
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2.9
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To what degree should the rights and interests of future generations prevail in decisions of this generation?
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3.983
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3.392
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296
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2.8
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Would the advent of global ethical norms unduly constrain the differences among groups or the evolution of values?
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3.685
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3.457
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295
|
2.10
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Should a person be subjected to psychological, social, or cultural mechanisms for having the propensity to commit a crime (including, for example, the use of weapons of mass destruction) even if he or she has not yet committed such an act yet?
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3.684
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3.668
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294
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2.5
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As the brain-machine interface becomes more sophisticated and global, do the demands of collective intelligence outweigh those associated with individual identity?
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3.624
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3.390
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295
|
2.1
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Is it ethical to extend lifespan, no matter what the cost?
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3.525
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3.450
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299
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2.7
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When does information pollution become a crime?
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3.357
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2.939
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297
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2.6
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Should there be a code of ethics to deal with the proliferating space junk?
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3.244
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2.643
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299
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2025–2050
Issue Number
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Issue
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Significance
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Resolution
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Number of Respondents
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3.1
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Do we have the right to genetically change ourselves and future generations into new species?
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4.199
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4.115
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297
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3.2
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Is it ethical for society to create future elites, augmented with artificial intelligence and genetic engineering?
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4.164
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4.060
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298
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3.11
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Do we have a right to genetically interfere with newborns or embryos because their genetic code shows a high probability for future violent behavior?
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4.017
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3.767
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295
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3.6
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Is it right to create intelligent technological “beings” that can compete with humans or other biological life forms for an ecological niche?
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3.953
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3.814
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296
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3.8
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Should we have the right to suicide and euthanasia?
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3.919
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3.608
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297
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3.3
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Is it right for humans to merge with technology, as one way to prevent technological hegemony over humanity?
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3.820
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3.539
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295
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310
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If technology develops a mind of its own, what ethical obligations should its creator's) have?
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3.704
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3.367
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294
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305
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Should elimination of aging be available to everyone or just to those who can afford the treatments?
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3.613
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3.409
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297
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A very strong correlation was found between the significance of an issue and its difficulty in resolution, as shown in the chart below:
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