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In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, which produced the first atomic bomb three years later. This book examines the ethics of Oppenheimer's choice to take that job and our judgment of his acceptance, leading to the larger question of the meaning of moral judgment itself. Through an analysis of Oppenheimer's choice, Richard Mason explores questions of responsibility, the justification for the pursuit of scientific curiosity, the purity of research, and many other topics of interest in scientific ethics. This unique look at one man's choice brings out the necessary step from personal detail to abstract reflection—it may be easy to praise or condemn Oppenheimer's choice, but less easy to justify our praise or condemnation. Oppenheimer's Choice establishes the possibility of this kind of moral philosophy—neither "applied" nor "practical" ethics, but instead a sustained concentration on a single choice, and what it means.

Ethics. --- Technology --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Technology and ethics --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, --- Ou-pên-hai-mo, --- Oppenheimer, Robert, --- Oppenheimer, Julius Robert,

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This collection of essays by a group of leading authorities is addressed primarily to a non-specialist readership, with the aim of introducing people and achievements associated with the University of Cambridge over the past 150 years. It explains, in simple terms, what has been done in a wide variety of fields - including philosophy (Ray Monk on Russell, Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein, Robert Grant on Oakeshott); economics (Geoffrey Harcourt on Keynes); anthropology (Ernest Gellner on Frazer); the study of English (Stephen Heath on Richards and Leavis). Some who have made important contributions to Cambridge science describe their own work and discoveries - Max Perutz in molecular biology; Antony Hewish in radioastronomy; Simon Conway Morris in palaeontology. As a whole the book offers an intellectual portrait of many of modern Cambridge's most notable achievements which will be of interest to a broad range of readers within the University and far beyond.

History --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- University of Cambridge. --- University of Cambridge --- Academia Cantabrigiensis --- Cambridge. University --- Cambridge University --- Chien-chʻiao ta hsüeh --- Jianqiao da xue --- Kambrija Yeke Surġaġuli --- Kembridzhiĭn Ikh Surguulʹ --- Universität Cambridge --- Ying-kuo Chien-chʻiao ta hsüeh --- Кембриджийн Их Сургууль --- 剑桥大学 --- Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge --- History. --- Cambridge (England) --- Cambridge (Cambridgeshire) --- Jianqiao (England) --- Intellectual life. --- Arts and Humanities

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Business ethics. --- Information society --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Business ethics --- 002:62 --- 174.5 --- 174 --- 316.77 --- 316.77 Communicatiesociologie --- Communicatiesociologie --- 174 Beroepsethiek. Beroepsmoraal. Deontologie van het beroep --- Beroepsethiek. Beroepsmoraal. Deontologie van het beroep --- 174.5 Economische ethiek. Speculatie --- Economische ethiek. Speculatie --- 002:62 Informatietechnologie --- Informatietechnologie --- Sociology --- Information superhighway --- Business --- Businesspeople --- Commercial ethics --- Corporate ethics --- Corporation ethics --- Professional ethics --- Wealth --- Moral and ethical aspects

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