Since_CJS science_NN1 defines_VVZ death_NN1 as_CJS final_AJ0 ,_PUN it_PNP is_VBZ then_AV0 within_PRP the_AT0 purview_NN1 of_PRF theology_NN1 and_CJC philosophy_NN1 to_TO0 come_VVI to_PRP an_AT0 understanding_NN1 of_PRF what_DTQ happens_VVZ prior_AJ0 to_PRP death_NN1 and_CJC postmortem_NN1 ._SENT After_PRP all_DT0 ,_PUN we_PNP don’t_VVB stop_VVB to_TO0 question_VVI ethnomusicologists_NN2 as_CJS to_PRP their_DPS opinions_NN2 on_PRP questions_NN2 of_PRF typography_NN1 ,_PUN bacteriology_NN1 or_CJC logic_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC even_AV0 on_PRP the_AT0 fashionableness_NN1 of_PRF shoes_NN2 ._SENT 
The_AT0 condition_NN1 and_CJC nature_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 soul_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 empirically_AV0 verifiable_AJ0 ,_PUN though_CJS it_PNP can_VM0 be_VBI observed_VVN from_PRP its_DPS effect_NN1 on_PRP other_AJ0 things_NN2 ._SENT There_EX0 are_VBB many_DT0 things_NN2 in_PRP nature_NN1 that_DT0 can’t_NN1 be_VBI observed_VVN directly_AV0 ,_PUN but_CJC that_DT0 can_VM0 be_VBI identified_VVN by_PRP their_DPS effect_NN1 on_PRP other_AJ0 aspects_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 universe_NN1 including_PRP atoms_NN2 ,_PUN black_AJ0 holes_NN2 ,_PUN gravity_NN1 and_CJC —_PUN if_CJS they_PNP were_VBD ever_AV0 to_TO0 be_VBI confirmed_VVN —_PUN dark_AJ0 matter_NN1 and_CJC dark_AJ0 energy_NN1 ._SENT 
Though_CJS science_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN very_AV0 useful_AJ0 in_PRP making_VVG life_NN1 easier_AV0 and_CJC in_PRP helping_VVG us_PNP understand_VVI the_AT0 physical_AJ0 world_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP has_VHZ proven_VVN to_TO0 be_VBI worthless_AJ0 when_CJS it_PNP comes_VVZ to_PRP determining_VVG ethics_NN0 and_CJC morality_NN1 and_CJC for_PRP understanding_VVG a_AT0 need_NN1 for_PRP them_PNP ._SENT In_PRP fact_NN1 ,_PUN scientists_NN2 who_PNQ believe_VVB in_PRP “_NP0 scientism_NN1 ”_NN1 generally_AV0 need_VVB the_AT0 oversight_NN1 of_PRF theists_NN2 to_TO0 keep_VVI them_PNP on_PRP the_AT0 straight_AJ0 and_CJC narrow_AJ0 ._SENT The_AT0 answer_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 question_NN1 as_CJS to_PRP which_DTQ is_VBZ more_AV0 important_AJ0 ,_PUN science_NN1 or_CJC ethics_NN0 ,_PUN the_AT0 answer_NN1 is_VBZ clearly_AV0 ethics_NN0 ._SENT There_EX0 are_VBB no_AT0 scientific_AJ0 boards_NN2 set_VVD up_AVP to_TO0 counter_VVI the_AT0 pronouncements_NN2 of_PRF ethicists_NN2 ._SENT There_EX0 are_VBB ,_PUN however_AV0 ,_PUN ethics_NN0 boards_NN2 designed_VVN to_TO0 keep_VVI scientists_NN2 from_PRP playing_VVG God_NP0 ._SENT 
Scientists_NN2 ,_PUN in_PRP the_AT0 pursuit_NN1 of_PRF what_DTQ I’m_VVB sure_AJ0 they_PNP believed_VVD to_TO0 be_VBI science_NN1 ,_PUN have_VHB a_AT0 long_AJ0 history_NN1 of_PRF unleashing_VVG horrific_AJ0 evil_NN1 upon_PRP an_AT0 unsuspecting_AJ0 world_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 Tuskegee_NP0 syphilis_NN1 experiment_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT0 spectacular_AJ0 example_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 breakdown_NN1 in_PRP morality_NN1 ,_PUN common_AJ0 sense_NN1 and_CJC compassion_NN1 among_PRP scientists_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP also_AV0 puts_VVZ an_AT0 end_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 preposterous_AJ0 myth_NN1 that_CJT scientific_AJ0 knowledge_NN1 takes_VVZ precedence_NN1 even_AV0 at_PRP the_AT0 risk_NN1 of_PRF death_NN1 of_PRF fellow_AJ0 human_AJ0 beings_NN2 ._SENT 
Between_PRP 1932_CRD and_CJC 1972_CRD ,_PUN scientists_NN2 working_VVG for_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 Public_AJ0 Health_NN1 Service_NN1 recruited_VVN 399_CRD African-American_AJ0 men_NN2 in_PRP Tuskegee_NP0 ,_PUN Alabama_NP0 ,_PUN afflicted_VVN with_PRP syphilis_NN1 in_PRP order_NN1 to_TO0 study_VVI the_AT0 progress_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 disease_NN1 over_PRP the_AT0 course_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 next_ORD 40_CRD years_NN2 ._SENT Though_CJS syphilis_NN1 was_VBD easily_AV0 and_CJC inexpensively_AV0 treated_VVN with_PRP penicillin_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 scientists_NN2 involved_VVN in_PRP this_DT0 study_NN1 purposefully_AV0 withheld_VVN the_AT0 medicine_NN1 from_PRP their_DPS medical_AJ0 subjects_NN2 ._SENT Those_DT0 who_PNQ remained_VVD untreated_AJ0 would_VM0 experience_VVI a_AT0 painful_AJ0 death_NN1 ._SENT 
These_DT0 researchers_NN2 ,_PUN many_DT0 of_PRF whom_PNQ were_VBD Hippocratic_AJ0 Oath-swearing_NP0 physicians_NN2 who_PNQ had_VHD promised_VVN “_AJ0 never_AV0 to_TO0 do_VDI harm_NN1 ,_PUN ”_NP0 allowed_VVD their_DPS fellow_AJ0 human_AJ0 beings_NN2 to_TO0 suffer_VVI and_CJC die_VVI for_PRP the_AT0 sake_NN1 of_PRF science_NN1 ._SENT 
