Title: Can Science Answer All Questions?
Headings: Can Science Answer All Questions?
Can Science Answer All Questions?
By Paul Rezkalla
1. Metaphysical Facts
2. Ethical Facts
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Content: But why is increasing human flourishing good in the first place? Why should we pursue it? Any answer that one gives to that question will not come from science. That’s because science is descriptive, not prescriptive. The ‘should’ or ‘ought’ has to come from elsewhere. Science can’t give us that. Science doesn’t tell us that rape is evil. Science can’t tell us that rape is evil. The value judgment, evil, lies beyond the scope of the scientific method. Sure, science can tell us that rape can have biological and psychological repercussions on individuals and societies, but to say that rape is evil is not something that science can do.