Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. Choose the option which best fits the sequence logically.

Feynman on religion is interesting mainly because he clearly feels the need to tread very carefully for fear of offending too many people. He divides religion up into three parts: the metaphysical (creation of myths and so on), the ethical and the inspirational. His analysis is that science undermines the metaphysical part, but has no effect at all on the ethical, because, in fact, (__________). He laments the fact that the undermining of the metaphysical takes a lot of air out of the sails of the inspirational part, but his view is that the picture of the universe presented by science is pretty inspirational itself.

  1. science has nothing to do with the ethics of religion

  2. scientists have pretty much the same ethical values as everyone else

  3. ethics and inspiration are irretrievably intertwined

  4. scientific laws do not seek to confront ethical values

  5. science does not moralise as ethics do
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B Correct answer
Explanation

We need to choose an option that answers why science has no effect on the ethical. Options (3), (4) and (5) are not related to the passage and thus, eliminated.

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