Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility
My midterm is a perfect example of
Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility.; my midterm is entitled. It
consists of three parts part one is titled, Where Hitler and Nazi Germany the
byproduct of American Eugenics and is America any different than Nazi Germany?.
Then there is part two which deals with Blowback by Chalmers Johnson .
Part three is made up of what I see Chalmers Johnson’s whole argument and
theory is in the book.
What I wanted to achieve with this controversial work of mine, was the
way I saw eugenics and America. This view on those two topics is only a view
made up of what I have been presented and of my own experience. I used
the book to back me up
according to what it said that fitted
to my argument, but that’s obvious. I was not really using my voice because I
had to cite and I feel in a way that limits me. When I really let my voice show
through was in the last part, part three since it was more of an opinion than a
word by word quoting.
The midterm addressed the understanding and the impact of value that lies
in individuals, their choices on society, both intellectually and socially. What
better way to show my understanding of those goals than
this midterm. It deals directly with how many scientists, military
officials and unsuspecting victims were and are probably treated in secret
experiments and operations. That shows the choices that individuals made in
their society and for it too. In this case those individuals are Americans and
Americans over seas. The impact that their actions has cause is very well
illustrated and backed up by sources and by facts. There is no lack of evidence
for what they have done.
There are things that I would change on this particular piece of work and
those are that I would look more into the scientists I mentioned and I would
find more controversial facts however I was limited to using only the book In
The Name of Science by Andrew Goliszek and Blowback.
You made a comment that some
of the scientists that I mentioned were not American. I own to that and realize
that I might have misread the information or simply was misled by the author of
the source. You also made the comment that went like this, “Is Marx to blame
for Stalin-even though Stalin shot the translators of Marx?. What I am about to
say should be taken for what it is and nothing more. I feel that this is one of
the times where you as a teacher can learn from a student. So that it will not
be a purely banking system style of teaching. I suggest
that it is good to just take things in as words and realize that
sometimes there is not true parallel message to them. They are what they mean
and that’s that, nothing else unless the source does not now what he/she is
saying. I believe there should be complete neutrality and
acceptance of things as neutral and not as right or wrong but just there.
That said I feel that your comment was disagreeing with my work and you
were correct in a sense. However the
way I feel about it is this. I don’t know who Marx is and I remotely know
about Stalin. My thought on it is that if
I am not learning about them or have learned about them is because they have
nothing to contribute to my being or
it is not time yet. So I will say this. Who ever Marx was he is responsible and
the one to blame for Stalin. If he planted and introduced a new or improved
idea, thought, action, or system he should be held accountable for it. This just
goes to show how knowledge truly can be forbidden. And I know I have changed and
elaborated on just the opposite but I accept it. It is because I accept change
and do not bound myself down for any reason.
If Marx introduced new information than I think it was his responsibility
to think hard and articulate on how people might see it, accept it and
ultimately use it. Just like a company that makes guns might introduce the
newest most powerful gun in the world, is it safe to say that it will not be
used for the wrong reasons. And is the price of releasing that gun to the world
far richer than the bad consequences that might arise from it? But like I do on
all that is worth it I dispute myself and think
off the other view, the other side of the story. So then Marx is not responsible
for he was perusing his right to govern himself and decide his own actions. So I
think he is responsible and that he is not and I leave it alone.