Bibliography: BIB29291

Key	BIB29291
Reference type	Thesis
Title	Dissecting the Ethical Scientist : Baha'i and Feminist Perspectives
Author	Yousefi, Baharak
Year	2003
Date	Aug. 2003
Abstract	Scientists have two types of responsibilities: the responsiblity to do good science and the responsibility to do moral science. The latter involves the ethics of formulating pernicious hypotheses, research designs, and scientific products. The responsibility to do moral work is not specific to scientists, but it is valuable to explore the moral responsibilities of scientists as citizens. The Baha'i Faith and feminism - religious and secular systems committed to social justice - are used as two possible ethical frameworks to explore moral and feminist virtues of science. Content analyses of Baha'i and feminist texts are juxtaposed with Randy Thornhill's and Craig Palmer's sociobiological theory of human rape as described in A Natural History of Rape: Biological Basis of Sexual Coercion (2000). Their work is an example of morally questionable science. The parallels between Baha'i and feminist guidelines are explored in conjunction with the nuances of good and moral science.
Notes	M.A. in women's studies.
Language	English
Keywords	SCIENCE; ETHICS; FEMINISM; RAPE
Number of pages	vii, 106
University	Simon Fraser University
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