Dale, On 12/12/13 8:57 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote: I would say that our ethical obligation as engineers is not to decide what technological policy is best for society, but rather to inform and educate the public (in all its facets) as well as possible about the realities and the possibilities of the technology, so that the larger society can decide how to handle the unavoidable tradeoffs between various benefits and costs. Without getting into whether I agree or disagree with you on this point, I think it's a good way to frame at least some of the discussion. Thanks for that. Eliot |