Abstract
The article examines the ways that university military research violates the tenets of academic freedom and communication. Interviews with academics are used to raise concerns about the extent to which military research conflicts with the academic mission. The author includes an examination of specific cases where professors and students have challenged the militarization of research on university campuses.
Highlights
Concern over the ethics of university military research goes back to the Vietnam War era, and more recent U.S military involvements in Iraq and Afghanistan have invoked similar questions
78% of the academics we surveyed stated that military research threatens or annuls academic freedom
A full 78% of academics considered military research undesirable. 47% expressed that undesirability by stating that university military research is unethical and against the core values of academic freedom
Summary
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower Part of the Political Science Commons. Recommended Citation Savabieasfahani, Mozhgan (2014) "Reflections of Academics on the Ethics of University Military Research," Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol 2 : Iss. 1 , Article 6.
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