ethics? read this and think
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/22/60minutes/main2205629.shtml
watch/read this!
this pill could take away a lot of pain. I have no problem with that side of the ethical argument. We give people stuff for pain everyday. It doesn't make the incident go away, only the emotional attachment to it. My brother doesn't respond to morphine, so when he broke both of his arms they had to give him something (not this pill) so that later he wouldn't remember the pain. If we can do it in the hospital then why not out of it?
my problem with this drug is when the military gets control of it. Is it ethical to remove someone’s emotional attachment to the memory of killing another human being? Even if they are fighting "for us" i don't think i can justify this.
this is already out on the market. It is being used for stage fright and high blood pressure (lol, so was Viagra before they found out the "side-effects")
i don't know what to make of this story, except that i hope that it doesn't turn into a "brave new world"
watch/read this!
this pill could take away a lot of pain. I have no problem with that side of the ethical argument. We give people stuff for pain everyday. It doesn't make the incident go away, only the emotional attachment to it. My brother doesn't respond to morphine, so when he broke both of his arms they had to give him something (not this pill) so that later he wouldn't remember the pain. If we can do it in the hospital then why not out of it?
my problem with this drug is when the military gets control of it. Is it ethical to remove someone’s emotional attachment to the memory of killing another human being? Even if they are fighting "for us" i don't think i can justify this.
this is already out on the market. It is being used for stage fright and high blood pressure (lol, so was Viagra before they found out the "side-effects")
i don't know what to make of this story, except that i hope that it doesn't turn into a "brave new world"