Can Science Undermine Morality?

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angličtina
Original language name
Can Science Undermine Morality?
Original language description
The essay addresses the question of whether it is possible to make a moral system based on scientific research. As a starting point, we use an argument of Sam Harris, the author of a bestseller The Moral Landscape, who says that moral values are facts about the welfare of conscious creatures. Using the concept of so-called category mistake, we show that science cannot select which values should be essential for some kind of moral system. Such selection could be made only by a myth or by a social contract. However, a myth does not seem to be technically competent for making effective application systems of these values to daily life. It is mostly this aspect which is criticised by scientists. We see an opportunity for ethics to analyze these applicationsystems and design new ones. It could prove more fruitful than recurrent attempts to discover indisputable moral values as such.
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
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AA - Philosophy and religion
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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