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Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
Science, by itself cannot supply us with ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that some ends cannot be achieved. But among ends that can be achieved our choice must be decided by other than purely scientific considerations. If a man were to say, "I hate the human race, and I think it would be a good thing if it were exterminated," we could say, "Well, my dear sir, let us begin the process with you". But this is hardly argument, and no amount of science could prove such a man mistaken.
But all who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is beller to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than a slave. Many people desire those things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer. These people can be refuted by science: Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy to yourself you must resign yourself to seeing other also happy. Whether science can continue, and whether, while it continues, it can do more good than harm, depends upon the capacity of mankind to learn the simple lesson. Sentiments, when widespread, determine the policies and decisions of nations. Science can, if rulers so desire create sentiments which will avert disaster and facilitate cooperation. At present there are powerful rulers who have such wish. But the possibility exists, and science can be just as potent for good as per evil. It is not science, however, which will determine how science is used.
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
Science, by itself cannot supply us with ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that some ends cannot be achieved. But among ends that can be achieved our choice must be decided by other than purely scientific considerations. If a man were to say, "I hate the human race, and I think it would be a good thing if it were exterminated," we could say, "Well, my dear sir, let us begin the process with you". But this is hardly argument, and no amount of science could prove such a man mistaken.
But all who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is beller to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than a slave. Many people desire those things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer. These people can be refuted by science: Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy to yourself you must resign yourself to seeing other also happy. Whether science can continue, and whether, while it continues, it can do more good than harm, depends upon the capacity of mankind to learn the simple lesson. Sentiments, when widespread, determine the policies and decisions of nations. Science can, if rulers so desire create sentiments which will avert disaster and facilitate cooperation. At present there are powerful rulers who have such wish. But the possibility exists, and science can be just as potent for good as per evil. It is not science, however, which will determine how science is used.
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