Those who appreciated James Garth's recent presentation on "New Developments in Military Technology" may also be interested in this alternate perspective presented by Dr John Forge in his talk on "The Morality of Weapons Research" delivered to the Sydney Philosophy Forum on 25 June 2010.

Dr Forge, a recent winner of the prestigious 2010 Eureka Prize for Ethics Research, has written extensively on issues of Just War and the moral obligations of scientists, and is the author of The Responsible Scientist: A Philosophical Inquiry.

Read the lecture abstract