JRA The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, June 14, 1963 Science Erodes Morality, Asserts Noted Chemist civilization was made in a By George Getze © Los Angeles Times | speech to a conference at the SAN DIEGO, June 13 — In- San Diego campus of the Unitellectual ideas of the scientific versity of California on Bopu- : revolution have eroded moral- lation problems. In his view, scientific progity and religion, while its prac- that certain kinds of behavior are moral or that other kinds are immoral,’ Urey said. “It is not a substitute for religion. Science often says, in fact, ‘You must’ but it never aical- applications have come to ress of the last 60 ve he @ominate government and eco- been far arOTR an un nomics, Harold T. Urey, Nobel}! Prize-winning chemist, said says, ‘You ought.’ ” This absence from science of the word “ought” may even be indirectly responsible for the rise of social evils such as delinquency, he add- Thursday night. UREY’S pessimistic sociale sal of the impact of science on is one one of many a. a ~i|lems that have accompani ed. the burgeoning of science, ac:| cording to Urey. a Dr. Urey, professor of .ner a||| istry-at-large of California an of d the Univer winn er 0 he| oye : “Science gives us no purpose for living beyond having a pleasant time in one way or an- : 3 sees N obel dies In che fisttry | other. It does not provide the ordinary man, whose: life is often drab, with any objectives that give him dignity. va’ iulegay newed isha k in a sen- ; seridom : + —Associated EVEN THOUGH wll Wirephoto Dr. Harold T. Urey... “Man _ deprived di Fence. Press of his confidence.” It is his belief that this skep- ent-day scientists are # “Iticism of the scientific commuers of J udeo-Christian nD er als _ {nity already has spread into ity, they are religious SKEDt ’|the general population and will looking upon Christial ity .|spread more widely in the fu- the same way they | Daye : || ancient religions of Eg: |'Greece, he said. ture. “Science does not declare “Such a feeling is essential if he is to do his best and above disappoint- Urey told the conference that it is necessary to have an or- ganized philosophy to be able to decide between good and bad, but that the expansion of science since 1900 has pushed people away from this neces- ‘sity. compe § = rise ments.” et so ws oe eeeee ae ae is i em ot Be egg