# Can Science Demonstrate Racism or Genocide is Morally Wrong?

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/can-science-demonstrate-racism-or-genocide-is-morally-wrong/2442>\
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**Tags:** Society\
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/can-science-demonstrate-racism-or-genocide-is-morally-wrong/2442 "2018-10-25T14:47:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![AllenWitmerMiller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/allenwitmermiller/32/2519_2.png) [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/can-science-demonstrate-racism-or-genocide-is-morally-wrong/2442/2 "2018-10-25T15:05:03Z")

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> [@Reckoning With Human Zoos](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/reckoning-with-human-zoos/1568/29):
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> Is it science that is accountable for those things or is it corporations, governments, and society who are accountable?

Indeed. I don’t see how “science” can in any way be held accountable for the realities of physics and chemistry.

> [@Reckoning With Human Zoos](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/reckoning-with-human-zoos/1568/28):
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> It’s not primarily about race (there’s too tribal an atmosphere around that already), but about the moral accountability of science.

Is it about “the moral accountability of science” or rather “the moral accountability of scientists and technologists” in exploiting scientific knowledge to do questionable things?

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