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Authors: Marone, Eduardo* 
Peppoloni, Silvia* 
Title: Ethical Dilemmas in Geosciences. We Can Ask, but, Can We Answer?
Journal: Annals of Geophysics 
Series/Report no.: Fast Track 7/ vol 60(2017)
Publisher: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Issue Date: 2017
DOI: 10.4401/ag-7445
URL: http://www.geoethics.org/geoethics-ag2017
http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/download/7445/6831
Keywords: ethics
ethical dilemma
geoethics
geosciences
duty of omission
Subject Classification05.03. Educational, History of Science, Public Issues 
05.09. Miscellaneous 
Abstract: The choices of a geoscientist while carrying out his/her activity are always accompanied by ethical implications, because they can have a strong impact on the population, the natural environment, the economy, the landscape and the cultural resources of the affected area. It is not uncommon for a geoscientist to be faced with ethical dilemmas that are problems with a difficult solution, since options to solve such dilemmas will have negative consequences. How does one make a choice in these circumstances? What is the ethical duty of geoscientists and what has to be their professional attitude? In which cases do they have the duty to take action or the duty to not act (duty of omission)? A brief review of the concepts formulated by philosophers in reference to ethics can serve to provide some answers to the above questions and to understand how geoscientists can best serve society.
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