Sentences with phrase «ethical concerns over»

Jun. 1: Campaign representatives joined diplomats for an informal meeting to discuss ethical concerns over lethal autonomous weapons systems convened at the UN by the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva in conjunction with the Caritas in Veritate Foundation.
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots representatives are also speaking at other side events on legal, operational and technical, and ethical concerns over fully autonomous weapons from 13:00 - 14:30 on 13 - 15 May in Conference Room XXII.
Critics of the industry often raise ethical concerns over third - party funding.
Authors from the three regions join forces to explore how ethical concerns over new technologies can be incorporated into global science and technology policies.
Research on possible treatments has been limited due to ethical concerns over where the stem cells came from.
Proponents of destructive human embryonic stem cell research have all too often been quick to dismiss ethical concerns over the commodification and destruction of human life, concerns, they say, that represent an obstacle to the pursuit of science.
For this Nobel Prize recipient, ethical concerns over destroying human life were not an obstacle to the pursuit of science, but motivation to excel at it.
The president agreed that the government should fund both academic and military science, Greenberg said, but Eisenhower also had a history of staying out of science - policy clashes such as the Oppenheimer affair, when the former Manhattan Project director was stripped of his security clearance after voicing ethical concerns over nuclear weapons.

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The meeting with lobbyists from Ballard Partners, which came two months after Bernhardt met with another lobbyist for MGM Resorts, raises still more ethical concerns involving the former energy lobbyist at a time when Secretary Ryan Zinke and his team are facing mounting criticism over their spending, travel and apparent conflicts of interest.
The document criticizes «doctrinal or disciplinary security,» «an obsession with the law,» «punctilious concern for... doctrine,» «dogmatism,» «hiding behind rules and regulations,» and «a rigid resistance to change,» while reprimanding those who «give excessive importance to certain rules,» overemphasize «ecclesial rules,» believe that «doctrine... is a closed system,» «feel superior to others because they observe certain rules,» have «an answer for every question,» wish to «exercise a strict supervision over others» lives,» «long for a monolithic body of doctrine guarded by all and leaving no room for nuance,» believe that «we give glory to God... simply by following certain ethical norms,» and «look down on others like heartless judges, lording it over them and always trying to teach them lessons.»
In recent years the NIBs have disinvested from two extractive companies, over ethical and corporate governance concerns
Not only division over theological and ethical issues but also differing patterns of ministerial placement and job security cause deep concern for many otherwise sympathetic church leaders.
This, however, concentrates exclusively on concerns of the religion, and has therefore come to be known as the «Ritual Decalogue» (as over against what is often called the «Ethical Decalogue» of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5):
Growing concern over environmental impacts and ethical integrity throughout the supply chain is driving the demand for sustainable and ethical production, increasing consumer demand for accreditations such as Fairtrade, free - range and other eco - certifications.
With over 200 labels now representing some ethical, environmental or sustainability attributes, there is a concern about proliferation.
Aside from the concerns over L'Oreal's record on animal testing and other ethical issues, the cosmetic giant is part - owned by Nestlé, the target of a boycott over its aggressive marketing of baby milks.
Aside from the concerns over L'Oreal's record on animal testing and other ethical issues, the cosmetic...
«In my eyes the main ethical issues around GM crops concern deciding what is our vision for agriculture and the environment over the next 20 years, and how we optimise the balance between food production and wildlife.»
Such work has raised a variety of ethical and research - quality concerns over possible misuse of the technique to support unwarranted claims of what is «normal».
Linda Geddes visited Yamanaka in Kyoto and found him excited at his breakthrough but concerned over its ethical implications.
Berns and Ariely also highlight the ethical risks of neuromarketing, such as privacy concerns over «mind reading» and suspicion it will be used to «trick» people into buying things they don't want or need.
Fewer than 700 remain in U.S. laboratories, and most are expected to move to sanctuaries over the next decade because of ethical and scientific concerns.
The Expert Group on Scientific Misconduct at the Central Ethical Review Board has determined that concerns over that paper — and five others co-authored by Macchiarini, once based at the Karolinska Institutet (KI)-- were justified.
Regenerative medicine small molecule therapies offer many advantages over other therapeutic approaches including reduced complexity, ease of administration, ready reversibility, fewer regulatory hurdles and the absence of ethical concerns like those that have challenged the stem cell field.
Their «clean meat» aims to bypass the ethical and environmental concerns many conscious eaters raise over the production of meat.
Running for nearly 20 years, English School of Canada has educated over 30,000 students from more than 50 countries.Students appreciate and are engaged with the multicultural student body they study with at our fully accredited school.Finally, the third class will illuminate how to write various academic, business, professional, and functional compositions.In addition to these practical objectives, this class will show students how to put themselves in the correct mindset to write, how to plan to write as well as how to implement editing and revision strategies.The program also teaches students the specific language skills and vocabulary needed in a health care workplace.It covers speaking, listening, and reading on a wide range of topics from technical skills to ethical concerns, from communicating with patients to discussing issues with colleagues.
Sheil realises that these issues are inherent to her occupation as an actor, and for the purposes of this film, she pores over the daily ethical concerns in her personal search for some kind of truth.
State Superintendent Karen Salmon cited concerns over White's ethical lapses (a failure to report...
Beltway navel gazers and anti-Trump media are all atwitter over Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's alleged ethical issues / lapses in judgment concerning his travel and -LSB-...]
In the case of fossil fuels, the carbon bubble effect due to stranded assets has motivated some divestment activity, in addition to the ethical / survival concerns over increasingly serious climate impacts due to fossil fuels consumption.
That would appear to put an end to the CIC's recent effort to force Trump to fire Pruitt over minor ethical and personal expense issues they have raised concerning Pruitt.
Luckily — from the perspective of people who like a bit of convenience, even if they're not terribly concerned about data privacy — a string of legal ethical opinions, including Formal Opinion No. 99 - 413 of the American Bar Association and the Law Society of BC's April 1998 opinion on the transmission of confidential information over the internet, seemed to offer near - absolution to lawyers from concern over unencrypted email.
In its first public statement on the matter, the Holy See expressed «grave ethical concerns» and said most critical is «the lack of ability for pre-programmed, automated technical systems to make moral judgments over life and death, to respect human rights, and to comply with the principle of humanity.»
Several highlighted the key ethical concern of whether it is right for humans to cede the decision to target and use force over to machines.
In the future, however, militaries will be able to field weapons that can function with less supervision and guidance in an armed conflict, raising a new round of concerns over the legal and ethical implications of «remote» combat.
The following Campaign to Stop Killer Robots representatives are available to discuss technical, legal, ethical, operational, and other concerns over fully autonomous weapons as well as explain why an international ban treaty is needed and what it will take to get there.
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