03-28-2013, 08:47 PM
(03-28-2013, 02:23 PM)rie Wrote: Of course, ethics evolve but does it evolve at the same rate as our technological and scientific advancement? Some would say advancement of neuroscience is superseding ethics.I don't think it's a question of rate or of different lines of development "keeping up", so much as it is more fundamentally a question of what attitudes keep us mindful of balance or that which requires balance. Oftentimes, imbalance is due to lack of appreciation of particular distortions - conventions, institutions, belief structures, habits, desires. We are always taking understanding for granted which does not serve us very well. And the only reason may be lack of awareness of its limitations or broader consequences and certain appeals to unnecessary distractions and/or confusion.