Blog 9

For my Analytical Research Paper I am going to focus on ethics in science as well as in medicine.  In many of the Dollhouse episodes this was a recurring theme.  More often than once the question was brought up regarding whether or not the dollhouse should be legal and if it was only bad or, as one character put it, “a beautiful thing”.  In the final episode I watched, “Man on the Street”, throughout the episode there was a news broadcast where many people were asked their opinion on the Dollhouse.  There were mixed responses, just like there are today involving ethics in both science and medicine.  In our world, as science and medicine are becoming more advanced, the same questions are asked to doctors, researchers and even Judges.  People wonder if certain treatments are more beneficial or hurtful to patients, clones are being made, and many other things are happening as well. I want to research how throughout the years the rules regarding ethics have changed and see arguments where people think that something that is being done is unethical. I don’t think that anything in science, here today is as extreme as the Dollhouse is but I think it would be interesting to look into.  Another thing I would want to look at is brainwashing and what people think about that. A lot of the Dollhouse episodes that I watched had this theme as well. I could look into the ethics of this and see people’s opinions on it and if they even think that it is possible.