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Ethics, Medical Research, and Medicine - Commercialism versus Environmentalism and Social Justice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001)
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Ethics, Medical Research, and Medicine - Commercialism versus Environmentalism and Social Justice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001)
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Andrew Thompson, Norman J. Temple We humans are an extraordinary
species. One of our finest achievements is the development of
morality, of a sense of right and wrong. We articulate and then
impose this sensitivity upon ourselves in the form of ethical
guidelines, rules, regulations, and laws. We have, regrettably,
also developed marvelously clever ways of justifying our behavior
whenever it runs afoul of these prescriptions. We have, for
example, developed the concept of objectivity to guide scientific
pursuits and subsequently established rights which undermine the
possibility of ever coming close to attaining the goal of being
objective -- rights which entitle participating scientists to gain
personal, tangible profits from scientific discoveries. Formerly,
we envisaged gods who kept us in place, who reminded us that we
were not all-powerful or especially wise. Now we tend to worship
our achievements, especially our technological ones, and ourselves.
Mary Midgley' aptly names this phenomenon, "humanolatry." We have
lost our respect for nature in our enthusiasm for changing it to
that which suits our shortsighted ends. We must, as she says,
"unlearn" this way of thinking.
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