Essay On Ethical Judgement

Ethical judgment is defined as a decision that is made based on moral considerations of what actions are considered to be right and wrong. Using reason and emotion as ways of knowing, individuals or societies may define the meanings of ethics differently. As different individuals form different share various religious beliefs and regions these factors will influence their decision-making and their perceptions of what is right from wrong therefore in other words their morals. Humans produce new knowledge via several methods such as experimentation, debating, literature, paintings and music. However, these methods are subject to ethical judgments, religious restrictions, and the government law restrictions. However these morals and ethical values may restrict our premise of knowledge gain in areas such as natural science and arts. Scientific and artistic development and freedom of expression are hindered by morals and ethical values that may be bias towards a certain group of people, for example governments or religious groups. However they also may have logical reasoning behind the purpose of these moral principles. Therefore in this essay I will be exploring the implications of ethical judgment on knowledge production from natural science and art by questioning, “to what extent do moral values and ethical laws limit the potential of knowledge production in discovery in both natural science and art?”

Natural science is largely based on the inductive process and empiricism, such as experimentation to produce knowledge. However depending on the subject of the matter and the procedure of the experiment it may not be “morally approved” and may be illegal at times. Therefore implications of these regulations and perceptions will...

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...both natural sciences and art however can have a different approach since natural sciences experiments target more of the physical states and sense perception while the arts to the emotions and mental state of the individual. Therefore sciences do suffer from restrictions more than arts since they may effect one’s safety and violate physical rights which may lead to death or serious injuries however on the other hand art implications target the mental stability and manipulation of decision towards bias groups. Therefore existence of ethical and moral judgments and laws may limit the potential production of knowledge by restricting the freedom of certain experiment procedures or expressing personal thoughts which are available so that safety and health is not compromised, and moral guidelines are not crossed which may differ between each culture ,region and religion.