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    Dr. Lauretta Bender began using electroshock therapy on children as young as 3 years old in the 1960s at Creedmoor Hospital in New York. She believed this was a revolutionary treatment for children with social issues. However, her methods were controversial and she was said to be unsympathetic to the children. In total she subjected over 100 children to electroshock therapy before her treatments were shut down. This raises ethical questions about whether her actions were appropriate.

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    Dr. Lauretta Bender began using electroshock therapy on children as young as 3 years old in the 1960s at Creedmoor Hospital in New York. She believed this was a revolutionary treatment for children with social issues. However, her methods were controversial and she was said to be unsympathetic to the children. In total she subjected over 100 children to electroshock therapy before her treatments were shut down. This raises ethical questions about whether her actions were appropriate.

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    Dr. Lauretta Bender began using electroshock therapy on children as young as 3 years old in the 1960s at Creedmoor Hospital in New York. She believed this was a revolutionary treatment for children with social issues. However, her methods were controversial and she was said to be unsympathetic to the children. In total she subjected over 100 children to electroshock therapy before her treatments were shut down. This raises ethical questions about whether her actions were appropriate.

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    “15. What constraints are there on the pursuit of knowledge?

    Electric shock Therapy on Children

    In the 1960s, Dr. Lauretta Bender of New York’s Creedmoor Hospital began what she believed to be a
    revolutionary treatment for children with social issues — electroshock therapy. Bender’s methods
    included interviewing and analyzing a sensitive child in front of a large group, then applying a gentle
    amount of pressure to the child’s head. Supposedly, any child who moved with the pressure was
    showing early signs of schizophrenia. Bender was also a victim of a misunderstood childhood, Bender
    was said to be unsympathetic to the children in her care. By the time her treatments were shut down,
    Bender had used electroshock therapy on over 100 children, the youngest of whom was age three. After
    analyzing this knowledge, it brings forth the question of were Bender's actions appropriate and ethical?
    Was it appropriate for Bender to interview a sensitive child with social issues in front of an audience in
    the pursuit of knowledge?

    At the end of the experiment, the question that normally arises is “Was it worth it”. In my opinion, I
    believe that unless the results can have a revolutionary impact on society for example: (curing a disease
    that has killed many people or saving many lives that would be lost) it should not be allowed as this will
    be again in personal knowledge and not knowledge that can benefit the society on a large scale.

    The will to pursuit knowledge is natural in all humans and occurs in many humans, but we must control
    our curiosity, in order for the knowledge we are to attain from a harsh set of experiments on various
    living beings who can feel pain and despair bears fruitful results and not to inflict unneeded damage to
    the subjects. People can argue that all lives matter, and we have no right to choose which being to spare
    and which being to send for cruel experiments. These predicaments are the cause of humans comparing
    the lives of beings on a scale to determine if the knowledge gained will be worth the life/lives lost in the
    process of the experiment.

    #The Bell Curve by Charles Murray/Richard J. Herrnstein


    In this book made by Charles Murray and Richard .J. Herrnstein, we can see the way society can constrict
    the pursuit of knowledge. Murray’s work has been labeled “controversial” by society, thus making it less
    favorable to read. Society refers to the beings that live amongst us on planet earth and share their
    opinion with one another. Society has a major impact on our daily lives for example fashion trends,
    comments (whether positive or negative), and ethics.

    It is uncontroversial to state that there are ethical constraints on how knowledge is pursued. More
    contentious is the question of constraints on the type of knowledge sought. Most people regard the
    work of Charles Murray on IQ and race as falling under a controversial side. Exempting the accuracy of
    Murray's research, the ethical question that we incur is: If IQ does vary between races, should we want
    to know about this, and if yes, why? If someone regards the knowledge worth knowing, they should take
    into consideration the potential harm it could bring other humans.

    The issue being addressed in this book is the author’s personal opinion and the thesis he derived after
    his research. In my opinion, modern society should not take advantage of its power as everyone has the
    right to discuss their findings, and research that they spent time and effort working on. I believe that the
    people who criticized Murray's book don't hold the authority to choose what is considered “right” and
    “wrong” as that is the cause of the predicament.

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