Responsibilities or Requirements: Framing Dual Use Issues for Scientific Engagement

Frontiers in Public Health

Jo L. Husb¹ 

关键词: biosecurity;    bioterrorism;    dual use;    responsible science;    non-proliferation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00107

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Approaches to engaging scientists in biosecurity issues generally follow one of two approaches. The traditional framing starts with requirements, the legal obligations to which scientists are subject, broadly under international treaties as well as specifically under the national laws and regulations that either implement the agreements or are undertaken independently by countries for their own security purposes (6). In cases such as the European Union, scientists may also be subject to a significant regional regulatory framework. It should be no surprise that the natural inclination for those in the security and law enforcement communities, as well as for the diplomats who tend the treaties, is to begin with one’s legal obligations, what a scientist “must” do.

【 授权许可】

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