Talk Given at National Symposium on Genetics and the Law, Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, May 20, 1975
Description:
In this presentation given at the National Symposium on Genetics and the Law, Luria addressed Jacques Monod's "ethic of knowledge" which suggested to some the absence of moral absolutes. Luria proposed that scientists adopt what he termed the "ethic of innocence," which centered on the notion that "morality does not exist in a vacuum, and that human pursuits should always be judged in terms of what their consequences are for other human beings." A variation of this speech appeared as an essay in the "Journal of Medical Philosophy" in 1976.
Number of Image Pages:
6 (430,050 Bytes)
Date:
1975-05-20 (May 20, 1975)
Creator:
[Luria, Salvador E.]
Source:
Original Repository: American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Daniel D. Luria.
Reproduced with permission of the American Philosophical Society.
Exhibit Category:
Later Career: Teacher and Administrator, 1972-1991
