When Technology

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

Identify key documents and

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

Discuss the importance of

03 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 in the face of scientific and
technological advancement are critical
factors one's journey toward eudaimonia
or the good life.

• Protecting the well being and upholding

the dignity of the human person must be
the core or continued scientific and
technological process and development.
 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:
• Seek to place a concern for human rights at the heart of how the
international community engaged with urgent global challenges

• It puts the international human rights entitlements and claims of

the people (the right-holders) and the corresponding obligations
of the state ( the duty-bearer) in the center of the national
development debate

• It clarifies the purpose of capacity development.

 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, colour, 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 programmed 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.
• Human rights should be integral to the journey
toward the ultimate good. By imposing upon
science and technology the moral and ethical duty
to protect and uphold human rights, there can be
more sustainable approach to bridging the gap
between poor and rich countries on both tangible
and intangible.
• All these will lead humans to flourish together
through science and technology
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