Question

Select all that apply. Why should ethics be a part of invention and discovery?

1. Not every invention is beneficial to humanity.
2. Not every inventor has good ideas.
3.Technology could as easily be used for good as evil.
4. Inventors have an innate sense of concern to research for the good of humanity. 5.Discovery for discovery's sake is what should propel scientific and technological advancement.
6.We can always trust science to give us the unbiased truth.

Answer 1

1. And 5. Those are definitely right but 4. Seems right but it says inventors have.. which implys all inventors

Answer 2

The correct options are: 1 -3 - 6

Science is based on evidence, logical reasoning and verification of hypotheses. And the hypotheses can be right or wrong, but not good or bad. And yet, ethics has an indispensable place in science. Scientific ethics is divided into two main areas: internal and external.