Key topics: Trident renewal, NPT Reaching Consensus project, the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI), and continued work on verification of disarmament; new science and ethics focus on the military robotics debate; developing work on UK energy policy; International Pugwash 60th conference
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Science, Politics and Ethics – Are they compatible?
It is a central purpose of Pugwash to communicate with governments about ethical issues that arise from professional scientific activity. In a talk on 28 November 2007 at UCL, Tony Benn reflected on this from a lifetime of political experience.
Bending the Rules – Morality in the Modern World – From Relationships to Politics and War
Robert Hinde, Bending the Rules: Morality in the Modern World – From Relationships to Politics and War, Oxford University Press, 2007. In this book, Robert Hinde explores a deeper understanding of morality based on the behavioural sciences.
Dark Materials
Nuclear scientist Joseph Rotblat campaigned against the atom bomb he had helped unleash. Is it time for today’s cyber scientists to heed his legacy? Essay by Martin Rees, The Guardian, 10 June 2006
The Social Responsibility of the Scientist: the legacy of Sir Joseph Rotblat
9 March 2006, Goethe Institute, London. Faust panel discussion.
Terror or error – is humanity on the eve of destruction?
Terror or error: is humanity on the eve of destruction? The Guardian, 29 May 2006