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Science is an activity of the human intellect and as such has ethical implications that should be reviewed and taken into account. Although science and ethics have conventionally been considered different, it is herewith proposed that they are essentially similar. The proposal set henceforth is to create a new ethics rooted in science: scientific ethics. Science has firm axiological foundations and searches for truth (as a value, axiology) and knowledge (epistemology). Hence, science cannot be value neutral. Looking at standard scientific principles, it is possible to construct a scientific ethic (that is, an ethical framework based on scientific methods and rules), which can be applied to all sciences. These intellectual standards include the search for truth (honesty and its derivatives), human dignity (and by reflection the dignity of all animals) and respect for life. Through these it is thence achievable to draft a foundation of a ethics based purely on science and applicable beyond the confines of science. A few applications of these will be presented. Scientific ethics can have vast applications in other fields even in non scientific ones.

BOOK REVIEWS Development of the Regular Interlaboratory Counting Exchanges (RICE) Scheme to Include Visual Reference Counts and Samples for Asbestos Clearance Operations. By P. W. BROWN, N. P. CRAWFORD, A. D. JONES, W. M. MACLAREN and B. G. MILLER. A review with comments. (ISBN 0-11-885744-4.) Price £25.00. HSE Contract Report No. 36/ 1992. (Available through HMSO or booksellers.) A. L. RICKARDS A. L. RICKARDS T & N Technology, Cawston HouseCawston, Rugby, Warwickshire, U.K. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Volume 37, Issue 1, February 1993, Pages 107–109, https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/37.1.107 Published: 01 February 1993

Composite films based on poly(methyl methacrylate) and on nitrile rubber are studied. The dielectric properties are approximately explained by the series-connected dielectric composite model composed of polymer matrix and the liquid crystal phases. From the dielectric model calculations, it is suggested that the ratio of the effective field in the LC phase to the externally applied field is larger when the matrix polymer has both a large dielectric constant and a large electrical conductivity