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Show Science And Moral Judgments f By SANDY GILMOUR Chronicle Assoc. Editor Observing a scientist and a moralist who are placed side by side is usually interesting, but they generally end up like the one yesterday. JhVien,tSt Presents the facts, then the moral the audience arUnd between the panel moralist and ASKED IF scientists should make value judgments judg-ments on issues like birth control, Dr. Pincus replied ThuTt 3 af,ter 311 human beinSs- dtiS for, Z beinfgs,make va!"e judgments. The quest- So'uld ZgIf TdTS Wh6ther or not the scientist to whir? suad?.othert t0 thse value judgements, to which he said yes, he can by presenting findings judgmeents.rSnS be"er enabling them t0 make those background a!dnf P,!ncus th fad into the KX Z " observed the effects his own contri- of Trth contCro,nCaenHre "T h3Ving n the or Dirtn control and population reduction. founa X ""'I SlienCe h3S had SUch a Pro" enUrelv to thpnii gmentS heretofore left up almost ample if g'!nS 3nd 0ther moralists. For ex- SSL d - hi"g intercom? thing if the Catholic religion, for j pie, gave its go-ahead, then found out 20 ) conception had in fact taken place). (c THIS IS OF course nothing new. Dar-L ( the same effect on religion and Einstein, to - L, o ions previously unanswered by man have ..fe to religion to answer, and the religions & some reshuffling and accommodating in V. j)0 new facts. Religion, however, should noi '..Jdr.; at odds with science; indeed, moral.'s ' -i pn become all the more important, especially - l. entists sidestep value issues. v, it is ; TVjJ1d This causes one to wonder iust TV f a i ists do not feel strongly enough aboui r;, values to see others adopt them. Is Pf ; - rve the facts the only contribution scientist f make to mankind? And if this is true, ) , OR PERHAPS this falls in wifc of checks and balances, where we a Lv uneasy about accepting Edward , 1 10 d: -f- thP 'Pauling as authorities for telling us w their bombs. , pas0n. Could be we are uneasy for gc cans have never gone in tor xne i- to te-Fvrac ity Authority idea, and it is rather d to choose one's path. (I can, u n ai'"f v. Father Thomas' Catholic philosophy o t-:i , Mr. Gillian's Unitarian philosophy or ' . . them. If, however, we wanted Dr. W-i , decision, I would have no choice.) Best of all, I can sidestep Jaw ' Mr. Gillian and Dr. Pincus all at oro. out myself. Placed in this position the scientist hasn't got the right idea. I |