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    1. The document discusses a reading report analyzing the Medawar Lecture "Is Science Dangerous?". It summarizes that while science itself is amoral, the application of scientific knowledge through technology can raise ethical issues, like when scientific experiments are conducted on human or animal subjects without consent. 2. Scientists should involve the public and present facts truthfully without being influenced by governments. A local example is face shields which studies show provide little COVID-19 protection but the government still mandates their use. 3. Eugenics was an immoral application of science that viewed traits as genetically determined and sought to eliminate "undesirable" races, though modern eugenics now focuses more positively on diagnosing

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    1. The document discusses a reading report analyzing the Medawar Lecture "Is Science Dangerous?". It summarizes that while science itself is amoral, the application of scientific knowledge through technology can raise ethical issues, like when scientific experiments are conducted on human or animal subjects without consent. 2. Scientists should involve the public and present facts truthfully without being influenced by governments. A local example is face shields which studies show provide little COVID-19 protection but the government still mandates their use. 3. Eugenics was an immoral application of science that viewed traits as genetically determined and sought to eliminate "undesirable" races, though modern eugenics now focuses more positively on diagnosing

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    1. The document discusses a reading report analyzing the Medawar Lecture "Is Science Dangerous?". It summarizes that while science itself is amoral, the application of scientific knowledge through technology can raise ethical issues, like when scientific experiments are conducted on human or animal subjects without consent. 2. Scientists should involve the public and present facts truthfully without being influenced by governments. A local example is face shields which studies show provide little COVID-19 protection but the government still mandates their use. 3. Eugenics was an immoral application of science that viewed traits as genetically determined and sought to eliminate "undesirable" races, though modern eugenics now focuses more positively on diagnosing

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    Metacognitive Reading Report 1 

    (40 points). The Medawar Lecture ‘Is Science Dangerous?’ 


     
    Name:  Eldrian B. Lumasag               
    Course/Section: BSCE/A51                                 Date Submitted: November 15, 2021 
     
    1. From my understanding, science is the way to understand how things work around
    us. What he meant by “reliable scientific knowledge has no ethical or moral value” is
    that reliable science has no relation or has nothing to do with what is right or wrong in
    human behavior, science is just the language of how our world works. Science and
    technology are two different things. Technology, the application of science, like
    the making of an atomic bomb, can be involved in endangering human lives and may
    have raised ethical and moral issues. Science also becomes subject to questions of
    ethics and morals when knowledge of science is used in experimenting human or
    animal lives. For example, the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), this procedure can
    be extremely dangerous to women and the baby. The embryos they used in
    the procedure of IVF were thrown away, so this can be subjected to questions of ethics. 

    https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article/17-million-human-embryos-created-ivf-thrown-away 
    2. From my understanding, scientists should always involve the public, make their
    work public, and fulfill their social obligations. Scientists should always state the facts
    and the truth in their research and not be influenced by what the government wants
    them to say to the public. A local example of this is the mandatory wearing of face
    shields. Despite the fact that there is not enough scientific evidence that face shields
    have a lot of beneficial effects in preventing COVID-19 cases and the World Health
    Organization (WHO) does not require the use of face shields, our government
    still requires the use of face shields. Filipinos refer to face shields as a financial burden
    given by the government rather than protection to COVID-19. 
    https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/explainers/does-wearing-face-shield-provide-protection-against-
    covid-19 
    https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1154464 
    3. Eugenics is a rare case of immoral science because of its vision that the characteristic
    of a person is genetically determined, and it is said to be that poverty,
    prostitution, and insanity are inherited from their parents or race. Though talents and
    many desirable characteristics can also be inherited, it is not moral to say that you
    should choose a man/woman that has desirable traits to breed with to eliminate those
    races that have undesirable characteristics. However, modern eugenics now has a
    positive side. As technology advances, they can now see whether the fetus has a genetic
    disease, and with parents' consent, they can now avoid or cure those genetic diseases. As
    Lewis Wolpert said, "it is better to accept abortions than have a child who is not wanted
    and neglected". 

    4. We can ensure that scientist takes their social obligation or responsibility by making
    scientist take their pledge before taking action in particular things. Just like the pledge
    that sir Joseph Rotblat proposes to his fellow scientists (p.1254). By taking this pledge, a
    scientist must use their knowledge in science and technology in moral and ethical ways,
    that they would not use their education to harm human beings or the environment.
    Adding to this pledge, a scientist must also consider and inform the public about the
    implication of their work. 

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