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- DEMOCRATIC scllgthE
and spiritua w Albert Einstein wrote
the in 1934, that."the
v scientist is possessed by the sense of universal causation. The future, to him, is every whit , as necessary and deter— mined as the past. There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. His re— ligious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it,‘all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignifi- cant reflection. This feeling is the guiding.
. principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shack— les of selfish desire.
It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses
mmumwmcsaflms(mutnm) by Joseph I‘LJ. Sanlei Alexis de Tocqueville, French political scientist who journeyed to America in 1830 to gain an understanding of Democracy in America (the title of his subsequent work), wrote of the demo— cratic interest in science that "permanent inequality
confine themselves to the arrogant and sterile re— search of abstract truths, whilst the social condi— tion and the institutions of t; nocracy prepare them to seek the immediate and useful practical results of the sciences." ‘Science shares in common with art. the need for a free so— ciety in which to have expression. Like art, the science of a democratic society must serve the needs of humanity, ele— vating individuals from their present conditions to higher plateaus of self realization and liberation frcm physical
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of all ages." '
If Einstein is correct in his assessment of ' scientific faith, only those men and men of science who act with the best interests of the human race, Of which they are apart, as the prime source of their labor may be justi— fiably honored by the rest of us in the nm— scientific cammmity (this however is equally ' true with regard to any and all honor paid to political, social-scien- tific and business per- sms) . The vision of the
Scientific ccmmunity re— ~
garding the future pro- - gress of humankind must always be understood in a truly democratic sense (by both scientist and non-scientist alike) within the realm of the total social and poli— tical as well as tech— nological setting.
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hunanity. alone, to share in the benefits of the technological breakthroughs ncw occuring the industrialized world. However, because of po- litical realities beyond
as well as military dangers which in part have been
the universal progress of our race? is being severely hampered. Joao Fida Costa (quoted lst week more ex- tensively) the LNCSI‘D' Secretary-General, has said that "the major impediments to development are mainly political and social rather than scientific and techno-
the realm of the sciences, .
facilitated by the sciences,
logical. .it' is necessary to state that the solution of
‘ global problem depends not
on scientists alone, but on the political will of gover. nments and countries. . . Science and technology are but tools to achieve objectives of ‘s'ocio-ecmmiic development" . ‘_
If science~and technology are truly tools of socio— economic developmen , as Mr. da Costa contends, then in democratic society the entire polity must be in— volved, and tobe so must be informed, in the scien— tific process.
The grave socio-political dilemmas of our age cannot be solved by. scientific technocrats alone ;~ in fact, in order that science it- self be harnessed for the public geod, the people "apart from the military- industrial complex (in who's employ are, among others, a great many Scientists) ,
must act as a guiding force in” technological development.
In the words. of Pope ‘John XXI “(fran his world famous encyclicalgagm 1963) "we desire to call attention to the fact that scientific cam- petence, technical capa— city and professional experience, although necessary, are not of themselves sufficient to elevate the relationships of society to an order that is genuinely human; that is to an order whose foundati
objective is justice, whose driving force is love, and method of attainment is freedom". '
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