ABSTRACT
Men rise in society more because of their ability than because of their birth, and women are not universally regarded as inferior simply because they are women. The development of both science and morality are two of the most important features of the emergence of the more brotherly kind of society which has replaced the patriarchal sort. Morality has the same anti-authoritarian character as science and it is no accident that the two have developed together. Piaget's distinction between the transcendental and autonomous stages of the child's development is as a matter of fact a paradigm of our social development. Impartiality in science and morality are manifestations of the most general requirement of reason, that distinctions should only be made that rules are rules and exceptions to them have always to be justified. Morality can too often take the form of indignation and moralizing. Partnership between science and morality the scientist's role is not that of an authority.
