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Science and Ethics
How Short Fiction develops Science and Ethics.
Societics, the Debinder, and the robot experiments raise ethical questions about the use of knowledge, the manipulation of societies, and the unintended consequences of technological advancement.
Where it surfaces
- The K-Factor
Neel questions the ethics of conducting a secret survey behind Hengly's back, and later debates the morality of intervening in Himmel's society.
- Toy Shop
The deliberate manipulation of scientists through a deceptive toy raises ethical questions about the means used to spur research.