When Technology

and Humanity
Cross
Prepared by :
Canaria &
Hermogenes
Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify key documents and

Explain a human rights-
based approach to
science, technology,
and development;
01
 
their principles that ensure the
02 well- being of human's in the
midst of scientific progress
and technological
development, and ;

03
Discuss the importance of
upholding the human rights in
science, technology, and
development.
 Introduction
Section 4: When Science Technology and Humanity Cross

This section discusses quintessential documents that protect

human rights and ensure the well-being of the human person
in the face of scientific and technological development.
Indeed, if humans are to journey toward living the good life,
they have to make informed choices in dealing with science
and technology. Thus, the section draw from S. Romi
Muherjee's proposals for human rights- based approaches to
science, technology, and development
“All human beings are born
free and equal in dignity
and rights.”

—Someone Famous
When Technology and
Humanity Cross

Human rights
are moral principles or norms that describe certain
standards of human behavior and are regularly
protected in municipal and international law.

Eudaimonia
is the condition of human flourishing
or of living well.
 S. Romi
Mukherjee
A senior lecturer in Political Theory
and History of Religions at the Paris
Institute of Political Studies,
explained a human right-based
approach to science, technology,
and development as follows:
human right-based approach to science,
technology, and development as follows:

● Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article 27):

affirms everyone's right to participate in and benefit
from scientific advances, and be protected from
scientific misuses. The right to the benefits of science
comes under the domain of 'culture', so is usually
examined from a cultural rights perspective.
 
● Universal Declaration of Human Rights was
proclaimed on December 10, 1948 by the United
Nations General Assembly which was written by
International Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt.
 Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights based this fundamental Human Rights on
30 articles. The first seven articles was said to be the " milestone document in the
history of Human Rights."
Articles
Article 1
● All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and
rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and
should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
 
Article 2
● Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in
this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as
race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,
national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the
political, jurisdictional or international status of the country
or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be
independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other
limitation of sovereignty.
Articles
Article 3
● Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4
● No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the
slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
 
Article 5
● No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
 
Articles

Article 6
● Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person
before the law.

Article 7
● All are equal before the law and are entitled without any
discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled
to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of
this Declaration and against any incitement to such
discrimination.
 
UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of
Scientific Researchers — 1974(article 4):

● affirms that all advances in scientific and technological

knowledge should be solely geared towards securing
well- being for global citizens, and calls upon member
states to develop the necessary protocol and policies to
monitor and secure this objective. Countries are asked to
show that science and technology is integrated into
policies that aim to ensure a more humane and just
society.
UNESCO Declaration on the Use of Scientific
Knowledge — 1999(article 33)

● this states, "Today, more than ever, science and its

applications are indispensable for development. All
levels of government and the private sector should
provide enhanced support for building up an adequate
and evenly distributed scientific and technological
capacity through appropriate education and research
programmes as an indispensable foundation for
economic, social, cultural and environmentally sound
development. This is particularly urgent for developing
countries. "This Declaration encompasses issues such as
pollution-free production, efficient resource use,
biodiversity protection and brain drains.
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