A limit to freedom of inquiry, Alexander Capron
Interviewee: Alexander Capron. Alexander Capron talks about a limit to freedom of inquiry.
I for one didn't think that a lawsuit was as likely as legislation. And one of the things I tried to emphasise was that while science has freedom of enquiry if thinking is all that is involved, when doing and acting is involved there's no special privilege for scientific actions.
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