Abstract

FERNANDEZ BEREAU, Vanesa Bárbara; MORALES CALATAYUD, Marianela  and  PEREZ CRUZ, Isabel. The ethical dimension in science-technology-society links. A case study on a group of researchers from the faculty of social sciences of the University of Cienfuegos. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.2, pp. 41-48. ISSN 2218-3620.

In the first decade of the 90 begins to develop a new way of thinking in Cuba, the social approach to science and technology linked to the frames themselves of Marxist thought, based on dialogue and the relationship of the three conceptual categories. This paper entitled "The ethical dimension in science-technology-society links. A case study on a group of researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences, "is the result of an investigation based on a qualitative methodology, in which techniques such as interviews and analysis and synthesis were used, besides working with the content analysis method. It was developed in order to analyze the ethical dimension in science-technology-society links. It reached as a result systemic treatment frameworks for thinking about CTS and its multiple dimensions, as well as explaining the link between social approach to science and technology and sociocultural from cultural context. The ethical dimension is recognized as valuations, ethical meanings and interpretations, including moral values, immersed in the process of scientific research, which is embodied in its formation as researchers and meet standards in teaching.

Keywords : Ethical dimension; links science-technology-society-cultural.

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