From: ml (mbtlehn@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Oct 28 2004 - 07:46:15 BST
Hello Mark:
>
> BTW, science requires no apology from me or anyone else. It is an
> incredibly powerful and useful system of thought and investigation.
> Anyone who denies this is simply not paying attention to the world
> around them. My only quibble with science is its lack of interest in
> making value judgements. But that's why we have ethical philosophies
> like the Metaphysics of Quality.
>
mel:
"...lack of interest in making value judgements..."?
Anyone involved in scientific research, in my experience
(limited to chemists, physicists, biologists...mostly)
makes value judgements all day long on every phase of a
project. The science 'itself' is no more equipped to make
ethical judgements than the hand calculator, but science
does not "do" itself, people do science.
People inside or outside of science have the same mix
of proclivity and limitations in living their lives...
What about ethical plumbing, carpentry, violin playing...
clear?
thanks--mel
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