Ethics holds science back

[sethnintendo]

kain_kusanagi said:

Would you really want your a cure if it meant innocent human life had to suffer or be destroyed for no other purpose but for "science"?

Sounds better than letting it be destroyed for profit, religion, war, etc...  Also, there are other cases where ethics hinders science (even when the research isn't harming any human).  Take the church's position on Galileo.  They tried to prevent scientific understanding due to the evidence going against the church's claims.  The church claimed they were right and everyone else is wrong that disagreed based on zero science.