According to Steven Shapin, Teller, a scientist working on the Manhattan Project, viewed that "it was the scientist's job to discover the laws of nature, not to pronounce on whether the laws permitting nuclear fusion ought to be mobilized for the construction of a hydrogen bomb." What is this view an example of?
A) Moore's naturalistic fallacy
B) Latour and Woolgar's "black box"
C) Joliot and Curie's "chain reaction"
D) Weber's "fabrication"

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This view is an example of Moore's naturalistic fallacy, which separates the "is" of scientific discovery from the "ought" of ethical or moral considerations. Teller believed that as scientists, their job was simply to uncover the laws of nature, and not to make value judgments about how those laws should be used or applied.

According to Steven Shapin, Teller, a Scientist Working on the Manhattan