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The natural scientist may be indifferent to his/her subject matter. However a person is hardly detached from the investigation of things like birth control, socialism, sexual freedom, crime, drugs, pornography, and so on. Social sciences are overrun with values. Auguste Comte had the hope of "science of society" which would distinguish the difference between of whether or not something should be done from how to do something.

a) Issues in social sciences may pose ethical considerations, however so does issues in the natural sciences. The both involve moral questions.

b) Judgement of the social scientist may be affected by his/her intrests, however bias does occur in natural sciences as well. [examples: Nazi opposition to relativity physics, Soviet advocacy of Lysenkoism] "Biases may be made explicit and compensated for; scientific procedures are self corrective."

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