Tag: ethics
Dr. Michael Egnor: “Operating on Healthy Bodies Defies Surgical Ethics”
“A well-performed operation is still malpractice (or even assault) if it is not done for valid medical reasons.”
Another Prestigious Science Journal Conflates Science with Politics and Pushes for Technocracy
If anything is a “war on science,” it is publishing ideological articles like this in what is supposed to be a science journal.
Would His Theory’s Cultural Impact Dismay Darwin?
Darwin experiences the future and is shocked to learn about the impact his theory has had on areas outside of science.
Should Spider Dreaming Really Give Us “Ethical Pause”?
The discovery of REM sleep in spiders is morphing into vast claims that we have “urgent and inexorable ethical obligations” to them and other life forms.
How Political Ideology Has Undermined Scientific Credibility
Science goes badly off the track when it succumbs to ideological pressures — as it did with the eugenics movement.