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A Tale of Two Studies: Ethics, Bioterrorism, and the Censorship of Science
- Hastings Center Report
- The Hastings Center
- Volume 37, Number 3, May-June 2007
- pp. 35-43
- 10.1353/hcr.2007.0046
- Article
- Additional Information
Some scientific research should not be published. The risks to national security and public health override the social benefits of disseminating scientific results openly. Unfortunately, scientists themselves are not in a position to know which studies to withhold from public view, as the National Research Council has proposed. Yet neither can government alone be trusted to balance the competing interests at stake.