Comments on: Stem Cells and the Misuse of Science http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3247 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Erik Fisher http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3247&cpage=1#comment-771 Erik Fisher Tue, 24 Aug 2004 02:44:26 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3247#comment-771 RP writes that there is ample evidence both Bush and Kerry have misused science, yet also agrees that "the stem cell issue is about moral values, once advocates from both sides use science to advance those moral values, the issue becomes a matter of science policy and, in the end, about science as well. As much as we may like to make a distinction, in practice separating science from values just doesn’t work." I'm wondering about the relationship between misusing science on the one hand and integrating it with values on the other. In short, what are the parameters for "non-abusive" linking of science to values - particularly when values are in conflict? RP writes that there is ample evidence both Bush and Kerry have misused science, yet also agrees that “the stem cell issue is about moral values, once advocates from both sides use science to advance those moral values, the issue becomes a matter of science policy and, in the end, about science as well. As much as we may like to make a distinction, in practice separating science from values just doesn’t work.”

I’m wondering about the relationship between misusing science on the one hand and integrating it with values on the other. In short, what are the parameters for “non-abusive” linking of science to values – particularly when values are in conflict?

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