The Responsible Scholar: Ethical Considerations in the Humanities and Social Sciences Philosophy of Science 1789–1839

1789–1839

and medical researchers to face up to their ethical and social responsibilities

country by country

as scholars progressively reveal alchemy’s crucial place in early modern culture and its contributions to early modern science

and wonderful irrational dreams of the future

The Responsible Scholar: Ethical Considerations in the Humanities and Social Sciences Philosophy of Science 1789–1839Berthoud, Gerald, and Beat Sitter Litter, eds., ix + 303pp. Today it is routine to ask scientists, engineers, and medical researchers to face up to their ethical and social responsibilities. Surely social scientists, too have seen themselves challenged by an analogous demand, yet it seems that they have experienced less social pressure than their colleagues from the aforementioned disciplines. Who has ever asked scholars engaged in the humanities to