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By Austin Cline, About.com Guide to Atheism since 1998

Values of Godless Science: Modern Science Needs No Religion or Gods for Values

Friday July 4, 2008
It is commonly claimed by both critics and supporters that modern science is value-free. This is false, though it is true that science lacks many of the values traditionally ascribed to religion and doesn't make any value judgments about the use of scientific knowledge. On the other hand, the very ability of science to function as it does, and so successfully, is dependent upon a set of very important values. Some of those values are explained here.

 

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January 11, 2007 at 11:20 am
(1) Kafir says:

“Question Authority & Critical Thinking” and “Imagination” contain the same content.

January 11, 2007 at 12:02 pm
(2) Austin Cline says:

Thanks for pointing that out - I’ve fixed it.

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