Throughout history, scientific and technological advancements have pre sented a dilemma to mankind. The basic problem is that advances in knowledge do not automatically define the criteria for their use. As a result, we find that nearly all of our scientific knowledge has the potential of being "good" or "bad," depending upon man's application of it. The dilemma of this situation lies in the fact that man must also define, or at least interpret, what is good and what is bad. Was the production of the atomic bomb to end a terrible war good or bad? Is the use of atomic energy to satisfy the insati able demands for power from an ever-growing, affluent society good or bad? Hardly a scientific or technological advancement does not present this di lemma to mankind. Furthermore, as our scientific enterprises have ad vanced, the stakes have grown larger and larger. Much of our scientific and technological knowledge has been applied to the production of weapons that kill and control, through the threat of death and destruction, our fellow man. Through the years, the efficiency of this weaponry has been increased until now several of the nuclear powers of the world have the capability of completely destroying the human species several times over. These are in deed high stakes.