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Do ethical judgments limit the methods available in the production of knowledge

Do ethical judgments limit the methods available in the production of knowledge in both the arts and the natural sciences ?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgLvhyUmrsw.

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Do ethical judgments limit the methods available in the production of knowledge

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  1. Do ethical judgments limit the methods available in the production of knowledge in both the arts and the natural sciences?

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgLvhyUmrsw “I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'it belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'it belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'it belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture. A city where the artist would not fear the censor; where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality; where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well” - Andrew Ryan, Bioshock (2007)

  3. Key Terms • Ethical judgments: decisions that are made relying on an individual’s own morals and values. • Utilitarian/Machiavellian Ethics: the moral principle that holds that the “right” choice in any situation is the one that produces more benefit than harm for the parties affected.

  4. Knowledge issues • Do artists/scientists have a moral responsibility in the production of knowledge? • To what extent are the limits of artistic/scientific method defined by morality?

  5. Science - Experimentation • Animal Testing • Monitor effect of substances without human harm • Protestors  PETA • Gets in the way of helpful scientific research • Psychology • Stanford prison experiment • Zimbardo 1971 • Guards became Sadistic- Prisoners depressed • Long term psychological damage • Worth it or not? -> Guantanamo

  6. Arts • Video games • Violence for Kids • Visual art • Body Worlds • Plastination • Scientific teachings • Culinary art • Vegetarians • Meat  Veal process of killing

  7. Bibliography • http://www.koerperspende.de/en.html • http://www.prisonexp.org/ • http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/BioShock • http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/for_video_games_a_moral_reckoning_is_coming/

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