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Is it moral to restrict knowledge?

I suppose it is for what is clearly harmful knowledge, like how to build a nuclear bomb. But what about useful knowledge? How about an AIDS cure? Or the GENOME sequence? Or software? In these cases, it could be argued that people are being harmed by restricting who can use these forms of knowledge. Is the coercion of those that would like to replicate this knowledge justifiable?

by a reader on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 06:12

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