well again, it's not the aim "of science" but the aim of the people doing it. But their aim might be something-
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Replying to @delmoi @RaccoonSkeptic
That's not necessarily true. Its the purpose of the method but people have used it for all sorts of personal goals.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RaccoonSkeptic
right exactly, the point is that "science" doest have goals, objectives. It's a method. Like using algebra.
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Replying to @delmoi @RaccoonSkeptic
It has a purpose.It comes from the verb 'to know as a fact'. This seems like semantic quibbling to me.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RaccoonSkeptic
well, the semantics matter if you want to make a philosophical argument about what science is and isn't.
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just like a calculator has a purpose but doesn't strive for anything or have goals.
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anyway that method can be applied to the problems of social justice just like any other problem. And we can -
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Replying to @delmoi
How? Whose concept of justice would they go by? This is philosophy. We have to decide what is & isn't just with arguments.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Science can assist social justice eg by inventing contraception. We have to talk about the ethics of using it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
it can't tell you what is or isn't ethical but once u decide you can then use science to determine how to go about achieving it
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Yes, science can provide things that can be used to help or harm. Then people can talk about whether they shld do this.
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