I feel using science as a moral system would lead too much towards utilitarianism where what is moral would be based on the amount of good to come out of the results of scientific experiments etc. There was and is still a lot of anti-moral things going on in the world is science since before the Nazi's and Japanese used science to do tests on prisoners of war or disabled people. A lot of science is reliant on animal testing which is often lethal or debilitating to animals putting the needs of humans above animals.
There are other forces which use science as a way to justify their actions, companies can gain the results they need by adjusting statistics to make for example fast food look healthy, smoking to be beneficial etc. Therefore if science was to be a totally impartial moral system, it would have to be implemented by totally impartial people who were 100% dedicated to their integrity no matter the results. I don't feel we are at this stage at all right now as most science is funded by, charities, governments, companies and enterprises with some motive to the results and outcomes.
Lydianeko2 t1_iv5x8nh wrote
Reply to Science as a moral system by CartesianClosedCat
I feel using science as a moral system would lead too much towards utilitarianism where what is moral would be based on the amount of good to come out of the results of scientific experiments etc. There was and is still a lot of anti-moral things going on in the world is science since before the Nazi's and Japanese used science to do tests on prisoners of war or disabled people. A lot of science is reliant on animal testing which is often lethal or debilitating to animals putting the needs of humans above animals.
There are other forces which use science as a way to justify their actions, companies can gain the results they need by adjusting statistics to make for example fast food look healthy, smoking to be beneficial etc. Therefore if science was to be a totally impartial moral system, it would have to be implemented by totally impartial people who were 100% dedicated to their integrity no matter the results. I don't feel we are at this stage at all right now as most science is funded by, charities, governments, companies and enterprises with some motive to the results and outcomes.