The Modern Gothic?
'Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam but i am rather the fallen angel...'I am not going emo if that's what you're thinking. In fact it was a quote in my studies of the amazing Gothic Genre before the actual exam this morning. I am glad, no, exhillarous that the exam is over but it really got me thinking as to many things in our own society. Such is the age old question of "what is ethical and what is not." It may be a far cry to consider the ethics of our own modern society wihtin the questionable realms of the scientific world, but what do we percieve as ethical?
In my
2 hour exam today, I wrote how the Gothic features of a text enhance its contextual concerns by which the author expresses throughout the course of the composed novel or film. I am not including any gothic features into this post, although the night is quite dark and eerie and the shadows in the hallway have a striking resemblance to that of a creepy abomination, there are concerns which...well concern me.
Is Frankenstein really any different to the scientists today? Working on the stem cell research or creating "Dolly the sheep." One may be fiction and the other(s) reality but in terms of ethics, knowledge and the great philantropic desire to stop disease in the human frame, are they at all any different? Playing God doesn't seem like much of a game to me, maybe its the fact that I don't quite believe in the guy (please don't say blasphemy) but to scientis
ts its in their everyday research. So what is Ethical? and really...what's not? What will the world be like in a decade? A century? A millenium? When the scientific researchers of today have pushed passed the boundaries of yesterday to move into the tomorrow of human existance. It puzzles me to believe that we won't be better off, or worse off when such a time comes. Are we doing the right thing in contemplating the cheating of death or is it necessary to face the fear of death. I mean after all, think of the sheep. Bah.
I'm just glad I don't want to become a scientist, or a researcher, or even a doctor. I wouldn't count myself to be the stable type to handle a needle, or even a cotton ball. You won't know where that could end up in my hands. It's a question for those looking into the future with some humility within them to contemplate the ethics of life itself.
On a brighter note, I only have physics left and cannot stress the amount of relief I'm feeling right now that 85.714285714285714285714285714286% of my exams have been completed and that I can rest a bit easier after.
P.S. Watching House for about 2 hours on youtube probably made me do such a post but nevertheless its worthwhile
In my
2 hour exam today, I wrote how the Gothic features of a text enhance its contextual concerns by which the author expresses throughout the course of the composed novel or film. I am not including any gothic features into this post, although the night is quite dark and eerie and the shadows in the hallway have a striking resemblance to that of a creepy abomination, there are concerns which...well concern me.Is Frankenstein really any different to the scientists today? Working on the stem cell research or creating "Dolly the sheep." One may be fiction and the other(s) reality but in terms of ethics, knowledge and the great philantropic desire to stop disease in the human frame, are they at all any different? Playing God doesn't seem like much of a game to me, maybe its the fact that I don't quite believe in the guy (please don't say blasphemy) but to scientis
ts its in their everyday research. So what is Ethical? and really...what's not? What will the world be like in a decade? A century? A millenium? When the scientific researchers of today have pushed passed the boundaries of yesterday to move into the tomorrow of human existance. It puzzles me to believe that we won't be better off, or worse off when such a time comes. Are we doing the right thing in contemplating the cheating of death or is it necessary to face the fear of death. I mean after all, think of the sheep. Bah.I'm just glad I don't want to become a scientist, or a researcher, or even a doctor. I wouldn't count myself to be the stable type to handle a needle, or even a cotton ball. You won't know where that could end up in my hands. It's a question for those looking into the future with some humility within them to contemplate the ethics of life itself.
On a brighter note, I only have physics left and cannot stress the amount of relief I'm feeling right now that 85.714285714285714285714285714286% of my exams have been completed and that I can rest a bit easier after.
P.S. Watching House for about 2 hours on youtube probably made me do such a post but nevertheless its worthwhile
posted by Ben李 @ 9:38 pm
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