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aloneisabletocaptureallknowledgeofwhatthecaseis.For
thispurpose,scienceclaimstohavetheperfect,pureandlogi-
calmethodology.Howscienceperceivesit,neithertheworld
norscienceitselfrequiresanyotherbutscientificevaluation.
Thisleadstotheconclusiontobemorallyasuntouchableas
theworld:Neitherfactualtruthnoritsmessengercanbeques-
tionedmorally.Forscience,anyattemptofmoralevaluation
appearsnotjustanunscientificattackonscience,butevenas
somethingcompletelyirrational.Sometimes,thisattitudere-
semblesaquasireligious,godlikeaxiomofself-identify3that
requiresneitherfurtherexplanationnoranyquestionaboutits
make-up:Theworldiswhatitis,andsoisscience:the“herald”
-nottheprophet-ofitsnature.
Inaparticularway,thisnaivepositivisticapproachtakesitstoll:
scienceisself-containedandmissesanimportantpoint.Inour
time,atleastinWesternsocieties,itisnot“theworld”
,andalso
neitherscientifictruthnorscientificmethodologyassuchthat
raisesethicaldoubtsinthefirstplace.4
Mostofallthesearethemanipulationsofnaturalprocessesdone
byscienceandconnectedwiththesesocietal-andevenpossible
biologicalconsequencesthatimplyethicalconcerns!
Startingfromthisbackground,eventhefundamentsofscience
havebecomeobjectsofethicalevaluations-andsometimeseven
moraldoubtsconcerningthevalueofscienceingeneralhave
occurred.Thefactofvariousmorallyunwantedapplicationsof
scienceraisesthequestionwhethertheunderlyingscientific
knowledgeisinanycasedesirable,andbeyondthatevenmore
fundamentalquestioncanarise:Istheknowledgeofsciencereal-
lywhatthemankindneedsandwantstoreceivewhenthesevere
consequencesposearealdanger?ThepowerofLifeSciencesto
changenaturalprocessesandtomanipulatenatureastheobvi-
ouspurposesofsciencebuildthefundamentofallmoralcritics
onscience-bothindetailandgeneral.
3
Compare:Bible.EXODUS3:14(2015).
4
Anyhow,itmayhappenthatinnon-enlightenedsocieties,scientificknowl-
edgeassuchdevelopssocialandpoliticalexplosiveforce;e.g.:theevolution
theory.
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