ethical dilemmas
1. Alex's gang beats up an old man who was walking down the street, beating him up because he is carrying school text books. The fact that Alex's gang would just randomly beat people up because they are carrying books is simply unethical. If Alex's gang was threatened by the old man, and the gang fought in self defense, it would not have been such a serious ethical dilemma. However, the gang beat the old man up basically for enjoyment and for carrying books around.
2. Alex's act of raping two ten year old girls is unethical. In order to accomplish his girl of raping the two girls, he gives them alcohol, which makes the two girls drunk. Alex then rapes the two young girls, who are completely unaware of what is going on until it is too late to stop Alex. Rape, in any circumstace, is considered unethical. However, the fact that Alex had raped two ten year old girls makes the situation much worse than if he was raping a twenty year old women.
3. The medical testing done on Alex while he is in prison is an ethical dilemma because the scientists are playing 'god' by controlling and changing Alex's reactions to certain things. As a group, we agree with the method used because it teaches one to learn how to respect others for who they are, and how to act morally. It created a socially acceptable person, and thus allows people to thrive more morally. Even though it can be arguable that it controls ones set ways, it has a positive outcome.
4. Alex is incarcerated and subjects himself to a treatment in order to gain an early release from prison. The treatment subjects him to a drug that makes him quite ill. The drug is administered with each exposure to a violent act, and is used to recondition his response to violence. The government allows this with the thought that if a violent act makes him ill, he would no longer perform these acts and would be safe to live in the public. The ethical dilemma stems from this since by reconditioning his response to a stimulus Alex no longer chooses to perform or not perform the violent act. His ability to choose is suppressed but the strong negative conditioning he has had and he simply responds to the stimuli without a conscious thought to choose one way or another. Taking away a person’s free will is reducing that person to a machine with an automated response. People have the God given right to choose, and the government must not impose a moral code on people.
5. The people who are against the government, such as F. Alexander, try to use Alex as a way to get what they want. They do this by conspiring against Alex. Knowing that classical music drives Alex to extreme sickness as a result of the Ludovico Technique, F. Alexander plays the music. As a result, Alex becomes violently ill and jumps out the window in an attempt at suicide. However, Alex survives the fall. Though Alex survived, F. Alexander and his men were successful in proving the monsterous effects of the Ludovico Technique. The actions of F. Alexander and his men were completely unethical, due to their use of Alex as a means to the end, whatever the cost may be.
2. Alex's act of raping two ten year old girls is unethical. In order to accomplish his girl of raping the two girls, he gives them alcohol, which makes the two girls drunk. Alex then rapes the two young girls, who are completely unaware of what is going on until it is too late to stop Alex. Rape, in any circumstace, is considered unethical. However, the fact that Alex had raped two ten year old girls makes the situation much worse than if he was raping a twenty year old women.
3. The medical testing done on Alex while he is in prison is an ethical dilemma because the scientists are playing 'god' by controlling and changing Alex's reactions to certain things. As a group, we agree with the method used because it teaches one to learn how to respect others for who they are, and how to act morally. It created a socially acceptable person, and thus allows people to thrive more morally. Even though it can be arguable that it controls ones set ways, it has a positive outcome.
4. Alex is incarcerated and subjects himself to a treatment in order to gain an early release from prison. The treatment subjects him to a drug that makes him quite ill. The drug is administered with each exposure to a violent act, and is used to recondition his response to violence. The government allows this with the thought that if a violent act makes him ill, he would no longer perform these acts and would be safe to live in the public. The ethical dilemma stems from this since by reconditioning his response to a stimulus Alex no longer chooses to perform or not perform the violent act. His ability to choose is suppressed but the strong negative conditioning he has had and he simply responds to the stimuli without a conscious thought to choose one way or another. Taking away a person’s free will is reducing that person to a machine with an automated response. People have the God given right to choose, and the government must not impose a moral code on people.
5. The people who are against the government, such as F. Alexander, try to use Alex as a way to get what they want. They do this by conspiring against Alex. Knowing that classical music drives Alex to extreme sickness as a result of the Ludovico Technique, F. Alexander plays the music. As a result, Alex becomes violently ill and jumps out the window in an attempt at suicide. However, Alex survives the fall. Though Alex survived, F. Alexander and his men were successful in proving the monsterous effects of the Ludovico Technique. The actions of F. Alexander and his men were completely unethical, due to their use of Alex as a means to the end, whatever the cost may be.