Week XII: Axiology I: science and morality, scientists’

social responsibility

Humans’ culture/civilization

Science Technology Art

Socio-cultural environment

Mind/Brain
 Science Technology Art

Morality Immorality

Better life believe in God successes

War Politics of authority genocide

• Development of science and technology:
(1) Humanity vs. de-humanity
(2) Morality vs. immorality;
(3) Peace vs. wars;
(4) Believed on God vs. un-believed on God;
(5) Balance vs. imbalance in life;
(6) Values vs. non-values;
(7) Characters vs. non-characters;
(8) Polite vs. impolite;
(9) Better life vs. worse life;
(10) Conflict vs. non-conflict.
• Axiology: the uses and benefits of science and/or
technology and art for humans’ better life in the
world;
• Is science, art, and technology free of values??
(1) If yes, no axiology of science at all;
(2) If no, scientists need to think of values and morality;
(3) If neutral, others and users may lead to go to de-
humanity and immorality;

• Is morality cultural values or humanistic ones?

 Morality is both socio-cultural and humanistic
values
• Social responsibility of scientists:
(1) The creation and invention of science are individual,
but its communication and uses are social;
(2) Thus, scientists have socio-cultural responsibility
dealing their creativity and invention;
(3) In scientific works, scientists have ethics, values,
and guidelines in order that the science has the
aspects of axiology;
(4) Scientists and social people need to understand and
follow the rules of morality, humanistic-cultural
values, and ethics for the goals of better life;
• Socio-cultural characteristics of scientists:
1. Having ethics, morality, honesty in working;
2. Having socio-cultural responsibility dealing their
creations and inventions;
3. Creating and inventing “neutral” things at the
beginning, but they must allow other people and
user to decide the regulations of benefits;
4. The “neutral” values of inventions (science,
technology, and art) are controlled in scientific
aspects by scientists and in socio-cultural values by
others;
5. No science without human and socio-cultural
values;
• Science-scientists, morality-values, and practical
uses:
1. The scientists may create and/or invent the new
things are in neutral values at the beginning, but
they may not leave the science with neutral values
in communicating and delivering the science;
2. Morality and values conventionally followed by
particular society are the “guide” of controlling
axiology of science;
3. The practical uses of science, technology, and art
are the responsibility of scientist, users, and
practitioners in the fields as a whole.