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Ethics.... whats left of it...!!!??
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All of us have at some point of time or the other questioned whether what we're doing is right or wrong. At this point of time we either logically analyze the situation or we let our emotions take over and make the decision for us.
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While working on this project this topic of ethics and the issues that are involved in the field of science came into light(quite often in fact). I imagine that this topic is quite a sensitive issue and that a lot of people are against(or dont agree with) the work the scientists do. These people often bring up the ''ethics issue'' as there justification. But what is this ethics issue that we keep talking about? Nobody complains or brings up the ethics issue when we call pest control to kill all the organisms that reside in our homes(by no means am i saying that a) pests are rubbish, and b) that the animals or organisms that scientists work on are anything like pests the above statement is only for the sake of making a point.) Why is it that we pick on scientists for doing there job? If they could I'm sure they would also rather work on metal or a chair instead of living creatures. Scientists are forced to justify what they do, as they are just merely doing they're job.
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This also does not mean that I agree with all of the above (I do have a conscience as well)Man is curious by nature as someone mentioned during the course of our conversation on this topic. Science is a way to explore his curiosity and this does not fully give him the right to use other beings for this purpose (as you can see I'm torn between the two sides).
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Now moving to something very different that was brought up -how artists too can justify what they do. Now this is what i actually have a problem with. On the first day someone had said that they are against art made for art's sake, now i dont know whether i fully agree with that comment, but what i do agree with is that there is no necessary need for an artist or a designer to harm another being if there is another way of doing it. As scientists get away with it artists too can justify there work. But justifyying here is not exactly a justification but a way to defend your work. Many artists have a new found interest in the field of bio-arts, I mean thats what we are doing here as well. But for the sake of art is it worth hurting another organism, be it big or microscopic? I'm not certain I myself no the answer to this. But I am learning as each day goes by.
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Like i said in the beginning all of us have at some point of time or the other questioned whether what we're doing is right or wrong and when i feel that I am in some way trying to justify or defend what I am doing, that is when I will have to take a step back and figure out the answer.

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Upasana Simha 3rd Year student, Srishti school of art design and technology.

An interest in bio and a need to explore an unknown space is the reason I am here. The work we're going to now be doing is so different from what I am normally accustomed to working with, and the fact that I am not from a science background throws me into a space with no limits or bounds to work with.

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Ethics.... whats left of it...!!!??

All of us have at some point of time or the other questioned whether what we're doing is right or wrong. At this point of time we either logically analyze the situation or we let our emotions take over and make the decision for us.

While working on this project this topic of ethics and the issues that are involved in the field of science came into light(quite often in fact). I imagine that this topic is quite a sensitive issue and that a lot of people are against(or dont agree with) the work the scientists do. These people often bring up the ethics issue as there justification. But what is this ethics issue that we keep talking about? Nobody complains or brings up the ethics issue when we call pest control to kill all the organisms that reside in our homes(by no means am i saying that a) pests are rubbish, and b) that the animals or organisms that scientists work on are anything like pests the above statement is only for the sake of making a point.) Why is it that we pick on scientists for doing there job? If they could I'm sure they would also rather work on metal or a chair instead of living creatures. Scientists are forced to justify what they do, as they are just merely doing they're job.

This also does not mean that I agree with all of the above (I do have a conscience as well)Man is curious by nature as someone mentioned during the course of our conversation on this topic. Science is a way to explore his curiosity and this does not fully give him the right to use other beings for this purpose (as you can see I'm torn between the two sides).

Now moving to something very different that was brought up -how artists too can justify what they do. Now this is what i actually have a problem with. On the first day someone had said that they are against art made for art's sake, now i dont know whether i fully agree with that comment, but what i do agree with is that there is no necessary need for an artist or a designer to harm another being if there is another way of doing it. As scientists get away with it artists too can justify there work. But justifyying here is not exactly a justification but a way to defend your work. Many artists have a new found interest in the field of bio-arts, I mean thats what we are doing here as well. But for the sake of art is it worth hurting another organism, be it big or microscopic? I'm not certain I myself no the answer to this. But I am learning as each day goes by.

Like i said in the beginning all of us have at some point of time or the other questioned whether what we're doing is right or wrong and when i feel that I am in some way trying to justify or defend what I am doing, that is when I will have to take a step back and figure out the answer.