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IN the Journal of the University of Bombay (Sept. 1932), under the title βIs Man Ethically Fit for the Bounties of Science?β Prof. D. D. Kanga of Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, comments on a convocation address by Sir C. V. Raman on the study of science. Asserting that true scholarship goes hand in hand with research, independence of thought and original thinking, Sir C. V. Raman said that the function of a university is the encouragement of the human intellect and the human spirit in their highest manifestations. The greatest value of science lies not so much in the imparting of knowledge about natural phenomena and the laws of Nature, as in the teaching of the scientific method which has served as a powerful weapon in the hands of man in the discovery of truth and has given him a new view of the universe he lives in. If the same method were used in the problems of daily life, whether political, industrial, social, educational, or religious, it would usher in a new era of progress and enlightenment in all the departments of life. Prof. D. D. Kanga, reviewing the sabotage which has accompanied increased productivity consequent upon the application of modern science, directs attention once more to the problem of distribution, which he reminds us is largely a matter of the individual will. It is the duty of every university to see that the advance of science and the spread of scientific culture go with a parallel advance in man's ethical and spiritual development. The motto of science should be truth and service, and the alumni of a university should be characterised alike by their ability to apply the scientific method in all problems of life and also, in Prof. Kanga's view, by their readiness to share their knowledge, wealth, power and possessions with others, of whatever race or country, for the common good.
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Scientific Progress and Ethics. Nature 131, 233 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131233c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131233c0