science finals - questions that cannot be answered by science

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type one - Science doesn't make moral judgments

Science helps us describe how the world is, but it cannot make any judgments about whether that state of affairs is right, wrong, good, or bad.

type four - Science doesn't draw conclusions about supernatural explanations

Questions that deal with supernatural explanations are, by definition, beyond the realm of nature which means it is also beyond the realm of what can be studied by science. such questions are matters of personal faith and spirituality.

type two - Science doesn't make artistic judgments

science cannot tell us whether a painting or song is beautiful or dreadful. Individuals make those decisions for themselves based on their own artistic criteria.

type three - Science doesn't tell you how to use scientific knowledge

science helps us describe how the world IS, and then WE have to decide how to use that knowledge.

ethics

study of moral values of what is good and bad pg 20


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