2007-09-14 02:22:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
How does ethics relate to the world of science??
2007-09-14 02:28:35 · update #1
Well, of course ethics relate to science. Ethics relate to everything we do!
In science, all experimentation has to be considered in light of ethics-who will it help? who could it hurt? Stem cell research, abortion, medical research , bioengineering food sources, the list goes on and on...
2007-09-14 02:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by cowabunga 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ethics enters into just about everything humans do, so it is with science.
Ethics becomes a consideration in science when doing research into an area of study. How does the researcher intend to get her/his information. Certainly Mengele's research on Jewish twins in Hitler's death camps was un-ethical and, if the genetic knowledge was truly important, other ways of determining the information should have been found. Ethics are also important after the scientific knowledge has been gathered when figuring out how to use that knowledge.
2007-09-14 02:47:46 · answer #2 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethics is the question of "Is that right, or wrong?"
In terms of science (I'm guessing your talking about medical science), people are against Stem cell research, euthenasia and all that stuff because it aint 'ethical' (or thats how the people do see it as).
2007-09-14 02:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by Suki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethics may relate to how we use science or how we go about pursuing scientific knowledge, but it has no place in the world of science as such...... the world of pure science is the pursuit of knowledge and that is beyond the realms of ethics or morals or even sociology!!
2007-09-14 02:40:41 · answer #4 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ethics relates to every thing in this world, be it scientific or not. Ethics guides who you are and how you perceive the world around you.
2007-09-14 02:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by HR 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely! I went to a conference on ethics in medical sciences a couple of years ago. Topics included euthanasia, abortion, medical refusals, etc.
2007-09-14 02:26:39 · answer #6 · answered by mrsdebra1966 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethics apply to decisions about what to study, who will study it, which questions are asked about it, by what methods they are answered, what answers are acceptable, how to interpret the observations, who interprets the observations, who validates the conclusions and how, how knowledge gained by science is used, with whom it is shared and under what circumstances, and when & where & by whom it is used. All these decisions are profoundly influenced by values - some in obvious ways, and some in less obvious ways.
2007-09-14 03:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by zilmag 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can statistics be manipulated.......
2007-09-14 02:26:54 · answer #8 · answered by Outside the box 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋