Michigan Scientist, Ethicist Urge Scientists to Speak Out on Environmental Policy
"I seek to understand, but thinking that I understand destroys understanding. My approach to this paradox is to wake up every morning and hope to be shown how something - the more basic the better - is not what I think it is," says John A. Vucetich.
Should environmental scientists be advocates for environmental policy? To a wildlife ecologist from Michigan Technological University and an environmental ethicist from Michigan State University, the answer is a resounding yes.
“Scientists, by virtue of being citizens first and scientists second, have a responsibility to advocate to the best of their abilities and in a justified and transparent manner,” say John A. Vucetich and Michael P. Nelson in an advance online publication of a paper in the journal Conservation Biology. The paper is titled “On Advocacy by Environmental Scientists: What, Whether, Why, and How.” (more…)
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