Ethics in Frankenstein and Brave New World

Ethics in "Frankenstein" and "Brave New World" For most of human history, the ethical considerations of scientific inquiry would have been a moot point. Outside of the Bible and mythology, there was no thought of creating life from inert matter because scientists would not have felt it was possible to do so. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, however, in the wake of landmark discoveries in the fields of chemistry, biology, and genetics, the possibility …

…all if it has no meaning? And is not the authentic life always better than the life anaesthetized against itself? Both Frankenstein and Brave New World demonstrate that ethics are simply not negotiable. Science and technology should serve man, not the other way around, and ethics and morality should always present a higher priority than the on-going quest of scientific discovery. Just because one can do something, Shelley and Huxley warn, doesn't mean one should.