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Professionalism and Ethics in Chemistry

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This essay offers a preliminary philosophy ofchemistry as a profession focusing on professionalethics. First, I look at how well chemistry fits themodel of a liberal profession. I then explore therelationship between epistemology and ethics. Therelationship between chemistry and society isdiscussed in the context of the two-dimensionalclassification of research developed by Donald Stokesin his book Pasteur's Quadrant. Finally, Iraise the questions of an appropriate moral ideal forchemistry and the ethical conflicts that can occurwhen chemists simultaneously fulfill more than one role.

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Kovac, J. Professionalism and Ethics in Chemistry. Foundations of Chemistry 2, 207–219 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009919031335

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