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    The document contains instructions for a reading report assignment on the article "Is Science Dangerous?" by Lewis Wolpert. Students are asked to answer three obligatory questions that reflect on key points from the reading. The first question asks about Wolpert's view that scientific knowledge is value-free. The second questions asks about Wolpert's statement that scientists should not allow themselves to be unquestioning tools of government or industry. The third questions asks students to choose one of five areas where the relationship between science/technology and ethics becomes clear - technology, social responsibility, eugenics, reproduction or politics - and explain an ethical issue surrounding their choice based on the reading.

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    The document contains instructions for a reading report assignment on the article "Is Science Dangerous?" by Lewis Wolpert. Students are asked to answer three obligatory questions that reflect on key points from the reading. The first question asks about Wolpert's view that scientific knowledge is value-free. The second questions asks about Wolpert's statement that scientists should not allow themselves to be unquestioning tools of government or industry. The third questions asks students to choose one of five areas where the relationship between science/technology and ethics becomes clear - technology, social responsibility, eugenics, reproduction or politics - and explain an ethical issue surrounding their choice based on the reading.

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    Metacognitive Reading Report 1

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    Metacognitive Reading Report 1 (30 points). The Medawar Lecture ‘Is Science Dangerous?

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    Module 1 Section 1. Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society

    Name: Soliman, Kenn Francesco V.


    Course/Section: Ar-A50 Date Submitted: ______________________
    Instructions: After reading Lewis Wolpert’s The Medawar Lecture 1998 ‘Is Science Dangerous?’,
    reflect and answer the following questions.
    1. Obligatory Question – What did Lewis Wolpert mean when he stated that ‘reliable scientific
    knowledge is value-free and has no moral or ethical value’ (p. 1254)?
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    2. Obligatory Question – In urging scientists to understand public concerns, Wolpert maintains,


    “It is most important that they [scientists] do not allow themselves to become the unquestioning
    tools of either government or industry” (p. 1258). What did he mean by this? Cite an example.

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    3. Free Choice and Interpretive Item – In the article, Lewis Wolpert discusses five areas where the
    relationship between science and technology and ethics and morality becomes clear. These are as
    follows: (a) Technology [p. 1254], (b) Social Responsibility [p. 1254], (c) Eugenics [p. 1255], (d)
    Reproduction: Cloning, Genes, and Stem Cell [p. 1256], and (e) Politics [p. 1257]. Choose one of the
    five and, based on your reading, explain an ethical/moral issue surrounding your choice. Use your
    own words in explaining the ethical/moral issue, which Wolpert discussed.

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