Whose research in science and society has sustained the idea that technoscientific knowledge stabilizes in society?
a. Renè von Schomberg c. Sheila Jasanoff
b. John Rawls d. Isaac Asimov
ANS: C
Sheila Jasanoff, along with other researchers, believes knowledge stabilizes via a process of negotiation.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Key to Hinman’s comparison of ethics and nutrition is that
a. both fields involve unavoidable questions in our lives. b. both fields consist of what we do and not just what we say. c. specialists disagree on certain issues in both fields but provide foundation and insight on general topics. d. All of the above.
What was located at Gehenna, a geographical location later associated with Christian concepts of Hell, during New Testament times?
A. a burning garbage dump B. a site of human sacrifice C. a stone quarry D. a barren wasteland
For Aristotle, ethics is
a. based on divine revelation. b. a body of objective knowledge. c. merely a matter of individual opinion. d. simply a matter of a particular society’s conventions.