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How Moral Is Science?
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So, you deny that the average scientist idolizes the great, immoral, scientists?
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I think you mean academia - is academia moral. By academia, I mean the entirety of the system that utelizes scientific methods as primary means of substantiation in practice.
In that case, you would have to consider the people, because academia can be like politics.
But, science itself is pure - it is philosophy at the root.
In that case, you would have to consider the people, because academia can be like politics.
But, science itself is pure - it is philosophy at the root.
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It pretty much looks like you are trying hard to make a point. I am wondering which point that might be.
So what is it you want to debate? You started by asking a question about "science"; next you said by "science" you mean "scientists", next you said by "scientists" you mean "GREAT scientists".
So, is "great scientists tend to be eccentric (and thus immoral)" the point you want to make?
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Every philosophy is either moral or immoral. What makes a philosophy moral or immoral?
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If we are ignoring spiritual philosophy i.e. Christianity, morality is absolutely subjective. It is strictly a code that conscious entities that die follow for the overall betterment of the species. It is basic to be moral, and at the same time it means nothing.
This is partly why other philosophies chose to define virtues and paths - as a separation from worldly, or the general culture.
But unfortunately in the context I would argue morality is subiective.
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No, a great scientist is the one who's after a groundbreaking idea. They often endure hardships, as their work involves loneliness (among other things), which causes lack of moral sense, hence the immorality. Even if a small portion of them succeed, they are all the same. Groundbreaking or not.
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