Abstract

From a science of character in the 1930s, Lentz moved on to a science of democracy in the 1940s. Character was defined in terms of concern for others, and democracy was defined in terms of respect for others. A science of character was required to evaluate the character of science, and a science of democracy was required to evaluate the democraticness of science. Character research and democracy research became peace research in the 1950s and 1960s. Peace research required a humanistic science conducted according to the highest ethical standards: concern and respect for all people. Peace research was not intended to be just another scientific discipline, but a scientific revolution. In the late 1960s and 1970s Lentz emphasized the need for a technology as well as a science of peace, and also moved on toward a science and technology of ethics, which was required to evaluate the ethics of science.

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