Frankel Mark S
Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2009 Sep;15(3):367-73. doi: 10.1007/s11948-009-9137-2. Epub 2009 May 16.
Along with concerns about the deleterious effects of politically driven government intervention on science are the intrusion of private sector interests into the conduct of research and the reporting of its results. Scientists are generally unprepared for the challenges posed by private interests seeking to advance their economic, political, or ideological agendas. They must educate and prepare themselves for assaults on scientific freedom, not because it is a legal right, but rather because social progress depends on it.
除了担心政治驱动的政府干预对科学产生有害影响之外，还有私营部门利益对研究行为及其结果报告的侵入。科学家们通常对私营利益方为推进其经济、政治或意识形态议程而带来的挑战毫无准备。他们必须为捍卫科学自由所遭受的攻击进行自我教育并做好准备，这并非因为科学自由是一项法定权利，而是因为社会进步依赖于此。
