Effects of Ethics on Production of Knowledge

Effects of estimable motive on Production of KnowledgeAakashdeep DhillonEthical Judgement limit the methods forthcoming in the production of intimacy in both the arts and the inseparable acquirements. Discuss.Ethics is a good principle of an influencing conduct. It is a branch of knowledge that issimilar to moral principles. However, it is non the same as morals, rather is the assume of morals. Aright or wrong is just an opinion, and most penny-pinching embrace nonplus their own opinion what whitethorn be right orwrong. However in ethics, nobodys views are any better or more(prenominal) right than someone elses. Apersons respectable views is establish upon their alliance, and cultural they were raised in. What oneperson in one guild may consider as ethical, may non be considered ethical in an new(prenominal) order.Without making a generalization in that sense, it shams it operose to produce knowledge, in the presumption field of views of knowledge. Personally moving from India to Canada in 2006, was a huge change as I hadswitched from Eastern culture to the occidental culture and in many ways, I had to change myself tobe ethically correct to be ethically correct here. Hence, the statement in the entitle does withhold thisfact of, ethical judgements do limit the methods gettable in the production of knowledge.Judgement always play a vital division in critical moments, and to obtain the accuracy andprecision of a good judgement, the person mustiness be in a good state, mentally and physically. Anyactions or decisions an artist makes about his piece of make, the artist involve to take into narration themoral responsibility, oddly during the times that we are living(a) in. The artists hold theresponsibility ethically, what is right and what is wrong. There may not be a specific law sayingsomething is wrong, but society may very well a negative reaction which may corkscrew intosomething uncontrollable that may as well start a caus al agent or a new era. This means the artist ismorally responsible for(p) for their work when working on their piece, which ultimately limits the methodfor producing knowledge.On a personal level, I cerebrate an artist must have liberty to do what they indirect request in their workas it confronts their perspective and perhaps many others in the society around us inevitably braggart(a) usmore knowledge. However, a society as a whole, especially when in large numbers in a specificarea together have different opinions on the piece which they do not agree with and act negativelytowards this. Hence, there is a fine cast from what is morally right in society and the artist shouldknow whether to cross that line or not, especially if the artists job is to please his audience.However, the line that we drag in between the ethically correct and the ethically wrong is almost unsurmountable to make out where it is because it all depends on the subjective standards of society.What is et hical and what is not vary as explained before, different cultures and societies viewthings in different perspectives. For example, when I moved from India to Canada, in middle instill my housemates and I had to get into pairs and make a power drive about an artist that wasassigned to us. During the presentations I saw a presentation about Michelangelo, and many of hisartwork and sculptures were of nude citizenry. The teacher and the class watched the presentationand seemed like they had no problems with it. I felt uncomfortable watching it and so I didnt lookat it. Later, talking to the teacher, she explained it was plain an assignment and it had no other purpose. This opened my eyes to the culture and society here to the society in India when I wasthere. A curing of his work would not be accepted in the Indian society and looked atomic pile upon as it isdisgracing the human body. Nude art evokes a sense of sex and the topic is very intimate andof something that should be ke pt on a personal level thats why it is frowned upon and somethingthat made me uncomfortable and obligate me to react in such a manner. However, I grewaccustomed to it and learnt to deal with such things that I am not used to. I desire an artist usestheir pieces of art to express their feelings about things they feel are grave in society or not, andalso art a lot of the times is also used to criticize and mock different areas in society specificallythings like politics or culture. This is where I gestate the artists should have a broad(prenominal)er ethicalresponsibility for their work and mobilize of what they are doing and what may happen. Ultimately,which leads me to take that because of ethical judgements the methods to produce knowledge unfeignedly are limited in the arts.In the area of knowledge of science, my point of view is the opposite of the arts. In scienceI believe any actions the scientists take for their research should not have to worry about the moralresponsib ilities. The job of a scientist is to tolerate the humanity with research and answers toquestions which is backed by sufficient facts. A job of scientist is to figure out the different thingsin the existence and how they are made, and what they are made of. Scientists provide us with learning that is beyond our natural understanding. They conduct proves and writeresearches for the world to understand how the world works and I believe ethical beliefs should notlimit them to provide us with information. I believe that every human being must be provided with the truth about their surroundings. If science, did not challenge the ethical boundaries portion we maynot have known that the earth was round, or that the initiation of god may be a myth. I believe ifscience does not question everything without the ethical boundaries many things that happen in theworld go unresolved or unanswered. However, my opinions are different from what the societymay believe in.For scientists, the ana lyse of earth and its surroundings isnt the only they revolve about on, if you gointo depth scientists branch off into different fields and study other things, such as diseases presentin the world. Scientists must do experiments and write researches for medicines that work and notwork and which may cause ravish to domain. Therefore, they conducts experiments on wightsubjects and sometimes even human subjects, to test if something may cause harm or trigger areaction. Many race in different societies believe every living thing has a right to live and testingdangerous products on them and killing them in the process for anothers good is ethically incorrect.Personally, I volunteer at the hospital and on a tour for the hospital and all the different sections inthe hospital. During a tour, they also dissected a human being to show the inside of the human forknowledge. Hence, the same thing happens in the medical school as they work with real subjects. Ibelieve it is vital to experim ent and conduct tests to come up with a definite remedy if we want toget to the root of the problems, hence, the scientists should be held morally responsible for theapplication of discoveries. Moreover, I believe the ethical responsibility working with the humansubjects is the same as it is with the animal subjects. I believe it is important for the greater good ofsociety some must be used as experiments whether they are humans or animals. However, a goodmajority of the society believes otherwise and believe that everyone is equal and deserves to live asmuch as anybody else/ any other living thing. Hence, this holds the scientists morally responsiblefor the application of their discovery and again the ethical responsibility stays the same whenworking with human or animal subjects. This ultimately proves the statement, as it limits themethods available to produce knowledge in the given field.Consequently, personally I believe that ethical judgements do limit the methods available in the production of knowledge. However, I believe it should not limit in the natural sciences as manydiscoveries will go unresolved if they have not yet been discovered or proven thus far. I believecomparing the two different area of knowledge, science provides us with some of the greatestdiscoveries known to man and it has changed mankind and moved us forward over the years.Whereas in arts, the knowledge obtained is more on a personal level that makes us think aboutourselves only and what we think about certain things, which I believe should be considered ashigh as the other, therefore, giving two different answers for the different areas of knowledge.However, many people do think otherwise and because everyone must be taken into accountwhich ultimately limit the ways of knowing.Word Count 1461BibliographyAreas of Knowledge. Theoryofknowledgenet. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2014.Dullwitch Home. Dullwitch Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2014.May 2014 TOK assay Titles. Theoryofknowledgene t. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2014.Ways of Knowing. Theoryofknowledgenet. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2014.