Throughout the history of research ethics, certain terms have transformed how we think about research, its ethics and its role in promoting social justice.
"Resicum" -- the Latin word for "risk" -- is first recorded on 26 April 1156 (Mallette, 2021). Although, probability theory — which is inevitably (?) related — can be traced back to Ancient Greek mythology, where Hades, Zeus and Poseidon assigned the underworld, the heavens and the seas to one another through a game of dice (Bernstein, 1998).
"Res Ipsa Loquitur," a term coined in 1863, as per Fridman (1954: 233). It is a legal term that has affected how we assign fault, so it is very relevant to responsibility. Consider also Casey (2019) speaking of "robot ipsa loquitur."
"Bioethics," coined in 1927 by Jahr (Sass, 2007, an extremely important concept and a useful conception that renders bioethics a discipline by its own right.
"Consequentialism" is coined by Elizabeth Anscombe (Richter, n.d.) in 1969. Whilst Anscombe criticises the views of Bentham and Mill, the term's precise origin is, at the very least, amusing. Although, it makes me wonder if the origin of "deontology" needs mentioning. It might come from Romance languages that speak of professional standards as "deontologies," which would also be a valuable story. (If I create a Code of Conduct, I might call it "Research Ethics Deontology," although that might be extremely confusing.)
"Jus ad bellum" by Enriques in 1928, and "Jus in bello" by Kunz in 1934 or 1935 (Kolb, 1997) although the particulars of "just war theory" and science in the military might deserve their own theme and more stories
"Precautionary principle" some time after the 1970s (Hanson, 2018).
Ulrich Beck coins "organised irresponsibility" (1992, which is relevant because @Chrisdburr).
Eli Pariser coins "filter bubble" in 2010 (see Nguyen, 2018; Goldberg, 2021).
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Whilst the coining of terms is definitely curious, the concepts they draw attention to (the signifié) are often older. Even the term might have been used before, but maybe by less renowned thinkers. This "less obvious origin" should be noted in stories. As an example, we might want to attribute "conscience collective" to Émile Durkheim, but there seem to be authors using the term before him.
Part of the spirit of The Timeline is to learn about hidden histories, so stories can be about the "famous coinage," but must tell the less known origins too.
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Whilst the coining of terms is definitely curious, the concepts they draw attention to (the signifié) are often older. Even the term might have been used before, but maybe by less renowned thinkers. This "less obvious origin" should be noted in stories. As an example, we might want to attribute "conscience collective" to Émile Durkheim, but there seem to be authors using the term before him.
Part of the spirit of The Timeline is to learn about hidden histories, so stories can be about the "famous coinage," but must tell the less known origins too.