Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Yo yo! I believe after reading our last few posts on oxytocin, you should have quite a good idea on what oxytocin is and how oxytocin works. Today's entry will be on some ethical issues pertaining oxytocin.
Ethical Issues Pertaining Oxytocin
Well, do you know that oxytocin may have the ability to actually manipulate the level of trust between people?
Hmm, sounds cool? Now, what does manipulating the level of trust between people imply? Is it an important issue to know about? Well, this violates the trust between people. Let me illustrate a simple example: Guy A likes this girl B, but sadly, this girl doesnt like this guy! So, the chemistry of love can be build up by using oxytocin. After letting the girl consume oxytoxin, she might like the guy after all! Doesn't this sound magical? Well, that's when the problem arises. This girl doesn't like the guy in the first place but due to some medical dosage, she is induced to do something out of her own free will. Now, does this example allow u to understand the problems pertaining oxytocin? =)
Now let's discuss on other matters regarding oxytocin that is much more grave. If it is true that oxytocin can increase the level of trust, what will happen if the government uses it on the people? The political parties would be able to gain the people’s trust without earning it and it could result in drastic situations like amending rules enforce laws, which will benefit them and not the people! Isn’t that unfair?! Not only that, imagine what will happen in places like school and companies etc. Teachers, employers could just spray oxytocin on students and employees and they will listen to them. In other words, they may be under the control of others! This no doubt violates human rights. I myself wouldn’t want this to happen. Would you?
All in all, manipulating one’s trust brings about serious consequences. The victim will be more gullible, affecting the person’s sense of judgment and they may end up in dangerous situations. No doubt, this would benefit the person using such a method to gain people's trust, but has it occurred to you that this person could be making use of oxytocin to perform illegal actions, and in this democratic society, it just isn’t fair for people to be controlled and manipulated by others. Although this may seem to be a positive alternative for couples who want to ignite their love for each other so as to maintain a steady relationship, but after taking other issues into account, I feel that products such as the oxytocin trust sprays would bring more harm than good. It would probably be better for these sprays to be banned. Don't you agree?
This is an example of consumable oxytocin.
So these are just some of the ethical issues regarding oxytocin. Hope you enjoyed reading this post! Anyway, have a great CNY holiday! ((:
