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garbanzo · 02-28-2009, 01:15 AM

no.

science is empirical. ethical philosophy is not. objective moral standards do not exist.

objectivism assumes that a thing's qualities are inherent in the thing itself. but moral values do not exist out there in the world. this is not to say they are purely subjective; rather, they subsist in the uneasy space between subject and object. they arise from a dialectical relationship between us and our experiences of the world.

stem cell research, cloning, and everything else simply are. intrinsically, they are neither good nor bad. so why should our experiental moral values get in the way of the progression of our knowledge and understanding of the world around us?

02-28-2009, 01:15 AM	#30 (permalink)
garbanzo Recommended by 4 out of 5 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Budapest Posts: 137	no. science is empirical. ethical philosophy is not. objective moral standards do not exist. objectivism assumes that a thing's qualities are inherent in the thing itself. but moral values do not exist out there in the world. this is not to say they are purely subjective; rather, they subsist in the uneasy space between subject and object. they arise from a dialectical relationship between us and our experiences of the world. stem cell research, cloning, and everything else simply are. intrinsically, they are neither good nor bad. so why should our experiental moral values get in the way of the progression of our knowledge and understanding of the world around us? Last edited by garbanzo; 02-28-2009 at 02:07 AM.