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Old 16-11-2009, 06:09 PM #26
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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet View Post
does that mean that we then cannot trust science?
I'm not sure I would regard morality as science or vice versa. Some people, such as the inventor of the atomic bomb might defend their horrific invention morally, but I think most people will agree it's more open-ended than that. To say nothing of the environmental damage that our society's industrial 'progress' has caused. Science is a positive, not normative discipline, so by definition is morally neutral.
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