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Rhetorical Analysis Of Is Science Dangerous By Lewis Wolpert

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Rhetorical Analysis In the article, “Is Science Dangerous,” Lewis Wolpert, author and developmental biologist, creates an image which deflects the idea that scientists may be the cause of unethical behavior and moral let down in society. Wolpert aims to convince his audience by claiming ethical issues arises only when science is applied to technology. Science itself isn’t a threat to humanity, rather the ramifications that come from technology and how it is used, or misused in some cases.
Lewis Wolpert writes that technology is not science and that they are not considered to be one. By doing scientific research, the author states, ethical issues can arise with humans and animals being part of the experiment. The majority of society can agree on this point that Wolpert brings up. We hear about experiments going wrong whether it’s heard in the news or taught in class. Hence why we have such a big debate about animal and human experimentation along with major corporations deferring from their products being tested on animals. The consequences of such experiments can be life threatening and morally unjustified. …show more content…

Informing the public with vital information is ethically and morally expected, especially in western culture. The way the author describes the social obligation scientists hold, reinforces what the public already has accepted in their mind to be a form of normality. If the public isn’t informed and the outcome of an experiment goes wrong, purposely or not, there will be a lot of people under scrutiny and that would take us a few steps back in time as a

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