A Worldview without a Moral Brake

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
"The stereotype of a fully rational and objective 'scientific method,' with individual scientists as logical (and interchangeable) robots, is self-serving mythology," argued Stephen Jay Gould. Gould (1941-2002), who served as professor of geology at Harvard and New York University, stated that "no factual discovery of science (statements about how nature 'is') can, in principle, lead us to ethical conclusions (how we 'ought' to behave) or to convictions about intrinsic meaning (the 'purpose' of our lives). These last two questions—and what more important inquiries could we make?-lie firmly in the domains of religion, philosophy and humanistic study."

Posted by Editor at May 7, 2008 05:23 AM