Biochemical weapons                                         December 20th, 2001

Nowadays the matter of biochemical weapons is widely discussed. Some people might argue that with the help of these weapons no more so-called innocent people will be killed. That leads us to the question, who is innocent and who is not? Is not all life precious? Does your genetic information or the city you live in decide whether you are good or bad? Can you still call a man innocent if he has killed hundreds of people?

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To begin with, it is clear that all of us want scientists to find cures for fatal illnesses. Thus in my opinion, if scientists create a substance, they should never try it out on humans or even animals, moreover if it means risking their lives. The moral obligations a scientist has is to keep all information for himself until he knows everything about the subject of his research. If he discovers that a substance he has produced could have mortal consequences, he is bound to destroy all of the information about the it and the substance itself too.

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