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Old 06-12-2008, 01:12 PM
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Paul C. Anagnostopoulos is offline
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Originally Posted by David
This might be naive. The idea that values and science just don't mix is rather reminiscent of the whole mind/body dualism. Once you really start to understand consciousness - for example understand what physical or psychological pain actually is, then maybe ethics would start to emerge from that science!
Values and science do mix, because values have origins and laws of operation. I'm just not sure people want to see science as the arbiter of morals. I should say, as the final arbiter. It will be an arbiter.

~~ Paul
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