Ethics

by Judith Curry
Campus unrest, viewpoint diversity, and freedom of speech are issues that have been of increasing concern to me.

Chris Kendall of Hoax Buster’s Call brilliantly debunks scientism in 7 minutes.
“Scientific Paper Which Says Human Hand Designed by a ‘Creator’ Sparks Controversy”
 
 

Wendy’s has more than 6,500 franchises in the US alone. It’s the world’s third largest fast food hamburger chain, servicing millions of customers annually. A group of employees known as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is calling for a boycott of the hamburger titan, kicking off a demonstration to communicate its displeasure with a 12-day Workers’ Voice tour earlier this month.

Genetically modified mosquitoes designed to limit the spread of the Zika virus will likely soon be unleashed in the southern United States, as the federal government said today decided to permit a field test in the Florida Keys.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it had made a preliminary determination that the GM mosquitoes are unlikely to harm humans, animals, or the environment.

by Judith Curry
. . . to assess whether our partner/sponsor statements are in conflict with our position statements and accepted scientific consensus. – Margaret Leinen, AGU President

by Judith Curry
Their [climate scientists] actions may have limited discernible influence in terms of ‘bending the curve’ on emissions, but their efforts to ‘walk the talk’ have tremendous symbolic value – Max Boykoff

by Judith Curry
[T]the systems built to support scientists do not reward moral courage and the university pipeline contains toxins of its own — which, if ignored, will corrode public faith in science. – Marc Edwards

by Judith Curry
Don’t let transparency damage science.  – Stephan Lewandowsky & Dorothy Bishop

The Mertonian Norms of Science, introduced in 1942, describe “four sets of institutional imperatives [comprising] the ethos of modern science:”

by Judith Curry
The issue of scientists’ emails is heating up.

I have long maintained that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank defies the moral principle behind the creation of the state. Contrary to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s assertion, the occupation erodes rather than buttresses Israel’s national security and cannot be justified on either security or moral grounds. Unless Israel embraces a new moral path, no one can prevent it from unravelling from within only to become a pariah state that has lost its soul, wantonly abandoning the cherished dreams of its founding fathers.