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Aspects of Professional Philosophy
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My theme today is to approach professional responsibility from a more philosophic point of view. We all know what a professional person is expected to do in the execution of his responsibilities towards the public and his professional brethren. I wish to deal with a more fundamental approach to the whole matter which can be styled as the basis on which our behaviour depends. Every mortal must be puzzled and amazed by the vastness of the universe. We all know that in our solar system there are nine planets, the nearest to the sun being Mercury, Venus, our Earth and Mars. Next comes the Asteroid belt which is about 150 million miles across and then come Jupiter with its strange 'eye', Saturn with its halo, Uranus, Neptune and the furthest, Pluto. These planets make man look rather small, in fact the distances emphasize man's insignificance. On the other hand, we know about the smallest constituent of matter, the atom, which consists of a nucleus and electrons which determine all the functions of the atom and the molecules. The electrons are very important to science but the nucleus still retains its status as basic ingredient. If one were able to put together the nuclei of hydrogen to form the size of a thumb, it might well weigh 300 000 million tons. I am using the background of the greatness of the universe purely for comparative purposes, and I am fully aware of the fact that such infra-structure, if scientifically analysed, might present assailable technical problems, viewed through the critical eye of the pure scientist.
