バートランド・ラッセル『ヒューマン・ソサエティ-倫理学から政治学へ』第2部[「情熱の葛藤」- 第2章- Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, Part II, chapter 6
* 原著:Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954* 邦訳書:バートランド・ラッセル(著),勝部真長・長谷川鑛平(共訳)『ヒューマン・ソサエティ-倫理学から政治学へ』(玉川大学出版部,1981年7月刊。268+x pp.)
『ヒューマン・ソサエティ』第2部「情熱の葛藤」- 第6章「科学技術と将来」n.1 |
Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, part II: The Conflict of Passions, chapter 6: Scientific Technique and the Future, n1 | ||
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The discovery of how to utilize atomic energy is one of the most important that mankind have ever made. Attention has been mainly concentrated hitherto upon its importance in warfare, but it would be quite wrong to neglect its possible peaceful uses. It will very soon be supplying new sources of power that can be used especially in transport on land, on sea, and in the air. It has already proved itself very useful in medicine and it may in time cure nearly as many people as it will kill. Other, more spectacular, possibilities lie in the future. The Soviet Government has talked of using atomic power to divert the course of the Yenisei and thereby turn large deserts into fertile plains. Perhaps it will become possible, sooner or later, to melt the Polar ice and so totally change the climate of Northern countries. But such possibilities are as yet speculative. What is fairly certain is that in many directions it will replace coal and oil as a source of energy and will thereby make labour more productive. |