Ethical problems have been crowding in on scientists since the atomic bomb. Should scientists be responsible for what they develop? Is there a limit to where science should tread? How can privacy be maintained in the face of computers that increasingly invade our lives? These and other questions are raised in this program, including the very delicate questions raised by the new field of biotechnology. (23 minutes)

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