Science and Responsibility?

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So, i have this special project in school where i need to choose a theme/topic and write a 10 page assignment about it. The overall theme for all students is "Science and Responsibility".

I have to combine 2 subjects and choose a more specific topic that fits both of them. An example could be "English and History, an analysis of Frankenstein as a symbol of uncontrolled science", or "Chemestry and Psychology, the ethical/moral problems related to the rise in use of anti-depressive medication among teenagers"

You get the idea. :) I'm just really low on good ideas right now, and the previous 2 are basically the only ones i've thought of right now.. Anyone have some interesting cases, or subject combinations that come to mind when you hear "Science and Responsibility"?

PrincessKateMiddleClass · Accepted Answer

Ethics and History: an analysis of human experimentation performed by Nazi scientists under the Third Reich.

There are obviously a great deal of social, moral and ethical issues that can be addressed with this topic. The validity of the experiments can be called into question because the conditions under which they occured cannot be fully accounted for. Many Nazi scientists (not unlike some scientific researchers today) are known to have manipulated their findings in order to keep funding for their projects coming in from their superiors. Social issues tie in with history in the choice of human victims, and so on.

Anonymous · Answer

What about history /medical science - " Would it ever have been right to use the knowledge the Nazis acquired experiementing on humans in the death camps?"

Science/history " Is the increasing scientific research into deadly weaponry a moral one, examples include those who produce napalm, the original gassings in world war 1, the atomic bomb,  modern day moves to biological weapons"

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