Ethical Judgements Limiting the Production of Arts and Sciences

Art is one thing that is specific or defining for the humans in contrast with other animals. It is all about the stimulation of the senses, the understanding and interpretation of symbols and the experimentation with human cognitive ability. Another central thing describing the human nature are the human sciences, which deal with the studying of the environment around us and strives to explain it. Thus, the gaining of acquaintance in these two fields is decisive for us. Ethical judgments, though, can limit our methods available in the production of knowledge both in the arts and the natural sciences.

Because of a principle of the arts, one can acquire the ability of passing his own judgments and views to others, forcing his direct opinion onto them on a subject of his choice. Using art as a medium towards reaching the objective described above may have a high impact on a spectator, being capable of transferring a message to the other and allowing him to later have his own opinions on the subject. By influencing others’ mindset it could root divisions amidst groups of people who might have different beliefs, this ought to produce unethical aftermaths. Symbols which can enclose pungent connotations, such as the swastika or the hammer and sickle, which can be used as a form of art and cause an individual to react or feel in a certain way. An interesting find in the field of arts would be that of: where does the power of the symbol stop? If we would want to see how far could the symbolism of art go as a method for producing knowledge we could come up with the question: how far can a person go, influenced by a symbol, without questioning it or turning against it? The swastika was and is used as such a symbol for the Nazi party, Germa...

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...cloning, then one would probably be very tempted to accept cloning as a medium of healing some kind of an emotional wound, and this could seem ethical. On the other hand, if the cloned being, a human being in its nature would find out that he/she is a clone, then the consequences might be horrific. Another consequence of allowing free cloning of human being would be that of people wishing to continuously “bring back to life” people who have passed away, leading to a complete wrecking of the natural way that the nature works in.

Ethical constrains can indeed limit methods of producing knowledge in arts and natural sciences, but these endow a normal flow in the processes of nature. They provide us with a philosophical path that we can follow to avoid any disastrous consequences, subsequently the question “is what I’m doing ethical or not” must constantly be asked.