Ethical Judgements Limit the Methods Available in the Production of Knowledge in Both the Arts and the Natural Sciences. Discuss.

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Ethical judgements limit the methods available in the production of knowledge in both the arts and the natural sciences. Discuss. In society today, ethical judgements are becoming more and more relevant. Especially in Canada, it seems that a scientist or a writer cannot produce literary work or experimental findings that have even a hint of ethical implications. Two situations that are most common today include the debate of whether stem cell research is worth the medical advance and whether children and teenagers have the right to access literary information on sensitive subjects that may influence their thinking. Our current culture has chosen to cease stem cell use to advance scientific knowledge and also limits the knowledge that is available to youth, in the hopes that these restrictions will fulfill the purpose of a code of ethics which is described as a method to “… enhance the sense of community among members, of belonging to a group with common values and a common mission.” However, the ethical judgements provided by the government or associations of collective peoples may not be entirely beneficial for all the parties said to be represented. There has always been a complicated relationship between the pursuit of scientific knowledge and certain human morals that come into question when seeking advancement. However, before a real code of ethics was produced, scientists and doctors worked to acquire new knowledge that they believed to be beneficial to the world around them, without many of the legal restrictions their counterparts face today. Presently, stem cell research is very limited and is oversighted by a committee formed by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The Stem Cell Oversight Committee is a “...working group on stem cell research to respond to the significant scientific opportunities and ethical issues raised by human pluripotent

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