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Peer reviewedLeitenberg, Milton – Impact of Science on Society, 1971
Scientists' failure to determine society's use of discoveries has facilitated the development of weapons-oriented scientific research. (AL)
Descriptors: Ethics, Military Science, Moral Issues, Nuclear Warfare
Peer reviewedBernstein, Barton J. – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1975
A historian looks back at the dropping of the atomic bomb; in hindsight the political and moral consequences are plain, but at the time the decision reflected an overwhelming American consensus. (BT)
Descriptors: Decision Making, History, International Relations, Moral Issues
Peer reviewedVilla, Brian Loring – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1975
If the scientists working on the Manhattan Project had realized the consequences of the atomic bomb earlier, formulated their recommendations more precisely, and approached the statesmen in time, American policy on use and control of the bomb might well have been different. (Author/BT)
Descriptors: History, International Relations, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Warfare
