Ethical Issues in Physics: Survey, Workshop and Text Development

物理学中的伦理问题：调查、研讨会和文本开发。一些物理学家对物理伦理问题的担忧充分体现在面向物理学家的各种出版物上的文章，美国物理学会会议上物理与社会论坛组织的会议，以及最近在东密歇根大学举行的物理伦理问题研讨会上的讨论。在这个项目中，PIS建议对物理学学术界的成员进行调查，以确定哪些大学对将伦理问题纳入其物理课程最感兴趣，以及他们最有兴趣在伦理文本中看到哪些主题。另一项针对工业和政府实验室物理学家的调查将试图确定，在伦理问题上接受什么样的正式培训，会对那些在职业生涯中将他们引向这一方向的学生有利。将举办第二次讲习班，以扩展最近分发的物理伦理问题讲习班的会议记录，以便为物理专业的高级本科生和研究生编写适合一学期、每周一小时的研讨会课程的文本。这一文本将被置于公共领域，以鼓励尽可能广泛地使用。

Ethical Issues in Physics: Survey, Workshop, and Text Development. Concern on the part of some physicists regarding ethical issues in physics is amply demonstrated through articles in various publications directed toward physicists, sessions organized by the Forum on Physics and Society at American Physical Society meetings, and discussions during the recent Ethical Issues in Physics Workshop held at Eastern Michigan University. In this project, the PIs propose to survey members of the physics academic community to determine which universities are most interested in incorporating ethical issues into their physics curricula and what topics they would be most interested in seeing in an ethics text. Another survey of physicists in industrial and governmental labs will seek to determine what formal training in ethical issues would be beneficial to students whose careers take them in that direction. A second workshop will be held to extend the recently distributed Ethical Issues In Physics Workshop Proceedings to produce a text suitable for a one term, one hour per week seminar course for advanced undergraduates and graduate students majoring in physics. This text would be placed in the public domain to encourage as wide a usage as possible.