Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2000
Originally Published In
Goodenough, U. (2000). Reflections on science and technology. Zygon, 35(1), 5-12. DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00255
Abstract
Science and technology are frequently confused. This essay points out the bases for this confusion and then focuses on a basic distinction, namely, that whereas science brings us information that we have little choice but to absorb and reflect upon, technology is something that humans elect to do and, hence, can also elect not to do. It is proposed that technological ethics are most cogently undertaken with scientific understanding as the linchpin and religious/artistic sensibilities as the muse.
Recommended Citation
Goodenough, Ursula, "Reflections on Science and Technology" (2000). Biology Faculty Publications & Presentations. 94.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bio_facpubs/94
Comments
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Goodenough, U. (2000). Reflections on science and technology. Zygon, 35(1), 5-12, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00255. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.