Science for Peace in the Benefit of Humankind. The Hippocratic Oath for Scientists concept
Guillermo A. Lemarchand

TL;DR
This paper examines the historical development of ethical commitments for scientists, especially in relation to nuclear disarmament, highlighting the exponential growth of Hippocratic Oath proposals aligned with global military escalation.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution and dissemination of Hippocratic Oaths for scientists and their connection to historical nuclear and military developments.
Findings
Ethical proposals for scientists increased exponentially post-World War II.
The growth of oath proposals follows a logistic pattern similar to technological diffusion.
Correlation found between oath proposal peaks and nuclear armament levels.
Abstract
This article shows the importance that has had the scientific research, the technological development and the innovation processes in increasing the lethality of the available weapons during the last century. A set of initiatives promoted by the scientific community to stop the nuclear arms race that threatened the continuation of life on the planet is described. At this point, a thorough survey of the texts and proposals of Hippocratic Oaths for Scientists presented at different epochs is made. It is observed that the interest in linking ethical aspects with science and technology issues shows an exponential growth behavior since the Second World War. It is shown how the several proposals of oaths and ethical commitments for scientists, engineers and technologists are disseminated following a logistic growth behavior, in the same manner as a disembodied technology in a particular…
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TopicsSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life
