Philosophical and Ethical Aspects of Science and Technology Transfer

The key problems for the survival of mankind are disarmament and development. Science and technology play a major role as much to emphasize the threat as to give mankind the means to proceed to a correct identification of risks, the way to remedy them, and to move toward new promises and expectations. A philosophical and ethical clarification has become necessary, in the perspective of a new world economic order. A code of conduct must be sought, by consensus, for the international transfer of science and technology to reduce inequalities and inequities. The existing system of sociopolitical values must be reintegrated in a worldwide value system.