However, in modern societies it is a common-place that purely scientific arguments alone will not do, nor will metaphysical or theological arguments, and the same goes for contextual arguments relying on contingent traditions or settings.

• 但是，在现代社会，常见的情形是，单靠纯科学的论证不可能做到这一点，形而上学的或神学的论证也不能做到，同样，依赖于传统或习俗的语境化的论证也做不到这一点。