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In reply to the discussion: Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist [View all]bananas
(27,509 posts)A lot of scientists and engineers refused to work on Star Wars and other weapons projects.
A lot of scientists refuse to work on genetically engineering food.
Many scientists and engineers have risked their careers by blowing the whistle on dangerous and/or unethical projects.
Recently scientists faced the ethical question of whether to publish research on a deadly flu virus.
Your suggestion that scientists and engineers should be nothing more than amoral unaccountable tools of the governments and corporations they work for is horrifying.
Scientists and engineers have as moral and ethical obligation to shape government and corporate policies.
You say it's ok to "attack military assets, who exist to fight." Well these scientists aren't stupid, they knew they became military assets when they chose to work on these projects, and it is no more ok to kill them than it is to kill some kid who joined the army out of poverty. Your double standard on the value of human life is disgusting.