Science and War

  For a number of centuries science kept itself aloof from warfare. It was not until the Chinese invented the gun-powder that science became an active and powerful associate of war. It is curious that the gun-powder was invented for a very innocent and harmless purpose to be used in firecrackers. The evil nature of man, however, soon began to misuse the gun-powder for destructive purposes. And in sheer disgust we speak ill of science for all those acts of cruelty.

Gun powder

    Endowed with tremendous power modern science is yoked to the chariots of war. It is bound to annihilate life on earth. It is very intriguing question whether advancing science is the cause of world devastating war or wars are the cause of the advancement of science.

   Modern wars are being fought with scientific weapons like tanks, aeroplanes, guns, bombs, missiles and rockets, etc. The warriors are simply media for the application of the scientist’s inventions. Igneous scientific inventions are mad every day In order to render war more and more destructive. Science extended the war more and more destructive. Science extended the war front from the land to the sea and then to the. It is said that the science is relegating human values completely into the background. Man is increasing by becoming the slave of the machines. His attitude towards himself is becoming increasingly mechanical. Man is regarded either as chemical phenomenon or as an automation. Thus the aesthetic and spiritual significance of human personality finds place in the scientific conception of the political organization of humanity.

   Science has its significance for the human race only if the later continues to exist on earth. If humanity is extirpated (rooted out), if the earth itself is vaporised(converted into vapour) by science, obviously it would mean the death of science too. Scientist are therefore beginning to realize that science is for man and ought to be for man, no against him. This is the third stage which has been reached by science in the course of its evolution. This may be called the ethical stage of science when science consider it absolutely necessary to develop its own morality towards human values. The scientist have realized that science should cut as under from politics and join hands with ethics so that human race, civilization ad culture may be preserved on earth.

    

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