Human Dignity Is Better Served

Our Assessment Of Socio-economic Worth Is Largely A Sham. We Scientists Should Not Lend Ourselves To It - Though We Routinely Do. We Should, Instead, Insist On Applying The Criterion Of Quality.

Instead, In The Absence Of Respect For Human Rights, Science And Its Offspring Technology Have Been Used In This Century As Brutal Instruments For Oppression.

Today, Academies Of Science Use Their Influence Around The World In Support Of Human Rights.

A New Sense Of Shared International Responsibility Is Unmistakable In The Voices Of The United Nations And Its Agencies, And In The Civil Society Of Thousands Of Supra-national Ngos.

Science Is A Collection Of Stories, Linking Characters Worthy Of Notice.