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Science A Threat To Society - 2
Science A Threat To Society - 2
Science gives man the ability to Talking of ‘playing God’, aside from
‘play God’, and to interfere in thingsassuming the existence of a deity
that we know nothing about. that many people in this day and
Cloning of animals has already age do not believe in, implies a
occurred, and maverick scientists violation of set boundaries. What
have recently announced they will boundaries ? Set by whom ? Any
attempt the cloning of humans. attempt to define them runs into
Such meddling is irresponsible and problems of definition. In actual
potentially dangerous, and it is fact, the proposition is simply afraid
taking place in the name of of things it knows nothing about.
scientific advancement. There is nothing wrong with the
principle of scientific advance; the
accusation that we are meddling in
areas we do not understand is a
call for better regulation of scientific
enquiry, not its abolition.
Science has greatly increased the Science does not kill; man does.
capability of men and women to kill Science cannot be blamed for the
each other. Wars which used to be flaws in human nature, and
fought face to face on the suffering cannot be attributed to it
battlefield, with comparatively few any more than religion or
casualties, are now fought from philosophy, both of which have
miles away in anonymity. caused wars. In fact, the example
Stockpiled nuclear weapons give used by the Proposition illustrates
man the capability of obliterating how science brings with it
the entire world ten times over, and accompanying responsibility;
at certain points in history, such as Mutually Assured Destruction
the Cuban missile crisis, the world (MAD) ensured that wars such as
has stood on the brink of the Cold War were bloodless
destruction. events.