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



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1188

What kind of modus vivendi can be worked out between religious doctrines and secular ethical codes?

























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1205

Is it ethical to seek immortality?

























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1232

Is it ethical to fear change? Is change not the key to promoting the human species?

























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1011

What measures should be taken to ensure that artificially augmented (e.g., strengthened) members of security forces do not engage in harmful conduct?




























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1029

Should China (or any other country) be prevented from becoming the only superpower?




























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1066

Are there ethics which can be used to define political frontiers?




























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1068

What are the ethical means to foster world peace?




























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1069

How can ethics be adapted without violence?




























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1084

World wars have brought disasters to people, but after the war, society developed better than before. Is it still a correct view that war is a bad thing?




























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1113

Should real and preventive rehabilitation (achieving sound and stabile social behavior) in schools, prisons, psychiatric institutions etc. be a major issue worldwide?




























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1125

Will ethics in the future be conceived the way we know it now?




























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1179

Could human settlements on other planets enjoy the right to self-determination?




























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1202

What degree of legal autonomy should be allowed to a human society in space or on another planet?




























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986

Should science extend the longevity of life?































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1006

In case different nations reach the necessary technology for climate control, what should be the ethical measures to avoid its indiscriminate use?































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1051

Should large amounts of money be spent on advanced research while food and health issues are not completely solved?































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1053

Should scientific research be targeted only to the personal and social betterment of all citizens?































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1054

How can we assure that advanced technology will not reproduce a model of exclusion for the majority of humanity?































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1065

Is it ethical to artificially induce the mind, during sleep, to assimilate behaviors and attitudes that would not be assimilated in an awake state?































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1121

Should science and scientists seek to discover the nature of spiritual existence, e.g. at the level of quantum theory?































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1230

What are the ethical guidelines for control of the potentially destructive techniques of nanotechnology and proteomics?































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1231

What is the ethical balance between testing of a radical new technology and releasing it for use?































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1233

Is there an ethical obligation for wealthy states to invest in global "for good" research?































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968

Should there be a maximum number of years allowed to live?


































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978

Is it right to categorize human rights depending on how much genetic and other modifications there are in an individual (genetic engineering, cyborgs with ICT implants or removable extra memories)?


































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