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Bioethics and the National Security State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jonathan D. Moreno
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it is mandatory that in building up our strength, we enlarge upon our technical superiority by an accelerated exploitation of the scientific potential of the United States and our allies. National Security Council, NSC-G8: United States Objectives and Program for National Security April 14, 1950

Innovation within the armed forces will rest on experimentation with new approaches to warfare, strengthening joint operations, exploiting U.S. intelligence advantages, and takingfull advantage of science and technology. George W Bush, The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, September 17,2002

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , Summer 2004 , pp. 198 - 208
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2004

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