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Scientific advancements cannot be dissociated from ethics. Discuss with reference to ‘ The Invisible Man’. |
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Answer» Griffin is the model of science without humanity. He begins his road to decline in college when he becomes so obsessed with his experiments that he hides his work lest anyone else should receive credit. When he runs out of money, he kills his own father—a crime that makes the rest of his crimes pale in comparison. He goes from scientist to fanatic when he begins to focus all of his attention merely on the concept of invisibility and neglects to think about the consequences of such a condition. H.G. Wells is concerned that science cannot be used in absence of morality. While he clearly disaproves of Griffin’s ambition sans morality, he has created Kemp, a representative of a man of science with a social and moral conscience. By pitting these against each other and showing the death of Griffin after Kemp’s effort to chase him, Wells makes the theme amply clear that scientific advancements cannot exist without ethics. |
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