From Frankenstein to Brave New World: The Crisis of Ethics in Scientific Advancement in English Literature
Аннотация
Abstract Science has contributed a lot in the progress of human beings in various aspects but has also raised very serious ethical concerns. These concerns are in many times reflected in English literature. The paper examines the way science and ethics are manifested in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The dangers of scientific development are both novels depict, only the time they are written was in different periods of time, when the development of science lacked moral responsibility. Shelley dwells on the behaviour of a single scientist, whereas Huxley has given out an entire society dominated by science. The paper asserts that the two authors caution people against forgetting the human values in the name of progress.