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Science, Technology, and Human Ethics |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / SCIENCE AND VALUES |
| Author: Shamsher Ali |
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The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 2,335 Words, 13,179 Characters |
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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
By John Donne
Never before in history has mankind faced so many ironic situations as it does today. Some of the most striking of these are found in the arena of science and technology.
First of all, speaking as a Muslim natural scientist who has faith in religion as well as science, I recognize the great irony that although it was religion that urged man to acquire science and technology "to gain dominion," now--after having had only some limited access to science and technology--many scientists are turning away from religion.
Secondly, we see that science and technology have evolved as instruments of change and it has been assumed that, as they developed, they would be applied equally to mankind as a whole. Yet today we have a situation in which one part of the planet has too much science and technology (with its associated ills) while other parts suffer from a lack of science and technology...
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...wonderful thing, but that love for man is even more wonderful. Let science achieve as great a power as it can assume. Still, our children should believe that no power in the world is greater than love. Let us pray and hope that, simultaneously with the development of science, love for people of all religions irrespective of their geographical and sociocultural settings may be practiced. vbcrlf
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