Paper: "Compromising the Future: The Problem of Bounding Utility Measures for Technological Endeavors," February 23, 1976

Abstract

Warfield begins this essay by tracing the history of the debate over ethics in Science, pointing out that there has never been a uniform standard. To remedy this, he suggests that an informal "Bureau of Standards" should be set-up that would ensure that science and technology are moving in a socially responsible direction. He then looks at a few possible guides which might measure technological activity in terms of human values an philosophy. John N. Warfield Collection 27.19.