Technology and Ethics as Depicted in Becketts Waiting for Godot and Vo

Technology and Ethics as depict in Becketts Waiting for Godot and Vonneguts Slaughterhouse Five After a perfunctory examination of present day world politics, it seems there exist no sterling casefuls of societys progression towards utopia, or even a higher give tongue to of tolerance or acquaintance. It is not that humanity does not seek knowledge or remediatement. It is not a fault that curiosity drives societys scientists to explain and improve the world beyond the realm of the philosophers. The fault lies in how easily this former can be manipulated by the vices of greed, the propaganda of the mass media, the centuries-old, unwavering human hunger for power. It is this desire for power and profit, not the journey in creating new technologies and deducing the mechanisms of aliveness and the universe, which becomes convoluted and thus halts the growth process, just as a life scientist can halt or suspend the process of life, of dividing cells, by a simple chemical treat ment of colchicine. Though the treatment of cells with a ascendent of colchicine is meant to preserve the cells in a state that can be studied, after this treatment they are no longer viable. They cannot continue their mitotic or meiotic divisions they cannot continue to reproduce, to be continually studied. Theirs is a one-time-only offer. Even with this simple example some say that moral questions arise. Is it really right for humans to scratch off other living things, no matter how small, to further their own sagacity? Or is this simply the price, or penance, humanity pays to be able to explain, in somewhat greater detail than was previously possible, the processes, functions, and malfunctions of life? This example, being outlined only in terms of dividing ce... ...ime and energy to developing viable treatments for genus Cancer and AIDS, we have scientists who are at the mercy of huge biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Weve got scientists developing The New Pill That Can End maturation (Readers Digest, November 2003) along with sildenafil and Propecia, pills for impotent and balding men. Do we see a little beguilement of effort? Yes. Aging, impotence, and hair loss are not threatening an complete population with imminent death, worry the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Aging and impotence have not stricken the child population like leukemia. We must start to care about whats really important, we must mean all of the body and mind as we improve technology, and we must recall about its implications for future generations. At that time, technology will have been coif to its fullest use and will easily go throw in hand with human values.