2007-02-23 16:04:17 · 15 answers · asked by Sara 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I should say not science in itself, but some of those who put science into practice.
2007-02-23 17:12:16 · answer #1 · answered by Tune 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are inseparable.
What and how we pursue in science is already dictated by our Values. Do we want to cure illness or increase crop yield, or harness more energy? These pursuits are already sieved through that morality filter. The question is one of moral costs. Would you kill 20 million people to get to the cure? How about just one person? To make that decision is a morality one.
Nazis used their prisoners as scientific test Subjects. German science provided most of what we know today about stress, blood loss, skin loss, bullet wounds, brain geography, thermal tolerance, and exposure. These experiments were horrific. Now, do we use or not use the data retrieved after the Allies defeated Germany?
The same challenges arise from nuclear energy, is the science good, especially for Countries like Iran and North Korea? Their pursuit was a Moral one from the get go. You can not separate them, not an inch.
2007-02-24 03:56:51 · answer #2 · answered by Brian L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Science is subject to morality?
2007-03-02 02:17:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science is not subject to morality, it is simply fact. The use of knowledge is subject to morality. Morals apply only to the human condition, not the elements.
2007-03-04 00:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by storytllr1961 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The discoveries of science aren't subject to morality, but what people choose to study and how they frame their questions are certainly subject to morality.
The applications of scientific knowledge are certainly subject to morality.
2007-02-24 00:30:17 · answer #5 · answered by zilmag 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course, all human behavior is subject to morality. The only problem is not all humans behave morally.
2007-03-03 00:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science and scientists both need to be subject to morality before they start cloning us all!!!!!
2007-03-02 19:44:07 · answer #7 · answered by missellie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science is very moral. You have to prove it's truth.
2007-03-02 19:14:29 · answer #8 · answered by nostromobb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Everyone & everything is subject to morality. Unfortunately not everyone has morals and of those who do, not everyone lives by them...
2007-02-24 00:17:07 · answer #9 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yaa science gave knoweldge about future as well as morality
2007-03-03 05:31:18 · answer #10 · answered by nis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋