At the time, discovery was looked at with skepticism as people had become accustomed to the bible being the only source of information about the world. For example, Newton’s discovery of the laws of gravity demonstrated that there were natural, unchangeable and yet predictable laws that governed the universe (Newton 2). In turn, Enlightenment thinkers believed that if natural laws did exist, and humans could discover these laws, then they could design the ideal society to live in. Rousseau is a great example of a philosopher who looked at the social issues that were brought about by the new mindset of the Scientific Revolution. He was obsessed with making social reforms as people had begun to view themselves differently since they were no longer deigned to be the center of the universe.
CHAPTER 17 Who was a German philosopher that used reason and rationalization to find answers to the unknown by using the scientific methods to understand all of life, thus connecting the 17th and 18th centuries. “Dare to know” was his motto? Who wrote Plurality of the Worlds- downplaying religion. He started Skepticism of religion & contribution to scientific progress. As the great scientist pursued their work exalting God, more were questioning the religious truths and values?
Does the problem of evil prove that god doesn’t exist? No solution has been put forward that has been able to prove why god created evil when he wants to get rid of evil and he has the power to do so, therefore god doesn’t exist. Philosophers and believers have spent many years trying to come up with a solution to the problem of evil- they call these solutions theodicies . The first theodicy to the problem of evil is the free will defence. Philosophers state that most of the evil in this world is because of our own choice and isn’t god’s fault.
What is most concerning about Watson is his complete naivety about the potential dangers of interjecting new genetic sequences into living beings. This is probably one of the biggest ethical issues ever faced in science, and Watson can’t be bothered with that. He sees no downsides on making people better looking, and smarter. He balks at people who are reserved about taking evolution into our own hands and says, “Hey, what’s the big deal?” It sounds pretty good at first, until you realize taking our evolution into our own hands, imperfect, human hands, may not be the dream come true Watson is selling it to be. What exactly are we dealing with as we broach this new world of genetic engineering?
The great thinkers of the century, such as Jean Paul Sartre, believed that philosophical thinking didn’t just stop at the individual; but it proceeds onto questioning the individual’s way of life and even the individual’s attitude towards life. This does not mean that the Existentialist thinker throws scientific facts such as biology, physics, even emotional sciences such as psychology out the window; The Existentialist thinker only claims that human beings or it’s meaning of life cannot be fully understood in terms of them. Nor can such an understanding be gained by supplementing our scientific picture with a moral one. (Crowell) Kierkegaard believes that everyone is responsible for their own meaning of existence or living of their lives, that no
In Brave New World this believes doesn’t even appear for one moment. The society life in a regime controlled by Mustapha Mond, the most powerful men in the World State. The liberty doesn’t mean anything to him. Actually, even before a person is born, they lose their liberties because they are conditioned to love and like what Mustapha and the government want them to love and like; people are created chemically, they are artificial. After reading this, a Christian will be horrified because they believe that even before the baby is born, since the moment when an egg is fertilized, that future individual is consider as a person with sentiments and rights.
He thinks because of the ideas that people have developed due to the knowledge of their ancestors, science has not made any progress for 2000 years. Edmund Burke an Anglo-Irish statesman strongly opposes the French Revolution in his “Reflections on the Revolution in France” in the way they have used tradition to define the way of life and he also talks about the rights that people have inherited from their ancestors.Voltaire a French enlightenment talks about the religion , Fanatisicm and Prejudices in relation to traditional values also mentions the culmination of his views about god, morality and Christianity . He also gives paramount importance to traditions when talk about the progress of Chinese, who he think have were not able to make enormous amount of progress due to the knowledge
Many are against it because of religious and moral reasons and would argue that death is not the only solution in today’s society. Since medical technology nowadays has had incredible breakthrough in prolonging the lives of human beings. Machines can support a patient’s failing organs and medicines can sustain a patient’s physiological well-being. From a religious point of view, assisted death is equivalent to suicide, which is highly condemned and is regarded as a sin. They believe that “life is the most basic gift of loving God-a gift over which we have stewardship but not absolute dominion”.
Utopia’s Effects on Behavior Behaviorism is a major perspective in psychology that focuses on the observable behaviors rather that the unobservable process of the brain. There have always been a lot of arguments between people in the scientific world.. Behaviorists don’t look at the mind of a human but the behavior itself is the only important object of their studies. Since the mind is a big part of psychology it is hard to fill the gap that the behaviorists have when they take the mind out of the picture. The question I will be asking is how utopian idealists look at the role of behaviorism and does it play a specific role in creating the perfect society? B. F. Skinner is a famous behaviorist who developed operant conditioning.
Science also believes that humans were not around at the beginning of life, but that they later evolved from various animals after adapting adaptations to help better suit them to the environment. Darwin’s concept of “survival of the fittest” comes in to play with that belief that those who have adapted to the changes around them will have the best chance to survive. The concept of evolution is often a topic of great controversy, especially in the public school system. Many religious enthusiasts do not want their children being taught that they are decedents of monkeys or other creatures, rather than of the first humans, Adam and Eve, that were created by God. As evolution is part of science, and science is part of the school system, the compromise is often that instructors are not allowed to teach evolution if they try to preach it is the truth and that religious views are invalid.