The researchers found that while there was no relationship between the students' religious affiliation and their answers, “those who reported greater belief in science rated the date rape as more wrong," according to the study....
"Across studies, we found that believing in science and thinking about science led to more morally normative outcomes," Ma-Kellams told HuffPost Science....
"Many like to think of science as a neutral, purely objective force," she said. "But in reality, the things what we study and investigate and think about influence our very conceptions of right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable, without us necessarily realizing it."The Huffington Post
Can Exposure To Science Boost Morality? Maybe So, New Study Suggests
Meredith Bennett-Smith
I’m not surprised. I’ve come across two studies which show that atheists and agnostics abide by higher standards than religious folk.
ReplyDeleteRalph,
ReplyDeleteMaybe the farce really can have a strong effect on the weak minded.