Dr Moreau The Custom Of The Sea Analysis

The Custom of the Sea Think about the last time you took medicine. It could have been a lifesaving drug or even just a cough drop. These medicines weren’t just made out of thin air. They had to be formulated and tested, probably first on animals and then maybe even on humans. It seems worth it to potentially harm a few rats in order to save human lives. But what about when the test subjects are people and the benefits are much less obvious? Dr. Moreau is said to have “published some very astonishing facts in connection with the transfusion of blood, and in addition was known to be doing valuable work on morbid growths.” (Page 24) He was advancing science, but at what cost? His experiments with vivisection were basically torture, and he seemed to enjoy hurting people. Was it necessary to make all the Beast People and cause all the pain that he did? Dr. Moreau thought it was all in the name of science and that there were no limits on what could be done to advance the human race. This way of thinking seems very dangerous because Moreau could easily justify all kinds of cruel and unnecessary experiments that were really done for his own sick pleasure. Another problem with this mentality is that it puts himself above everyone else and could lead to grotesque …show more content…
Moreau performs experiments on vivisection, the knowledge that he gains is only used to perform even more twisted vivisections. There does not seem to be a need for society to know what happens when someone crosses a puma with a human. Although it could be judged as helpful because the knowledge could help people who, for example, need to have a finger reattached, common sense tells us that it is still not a necessary avenue to explore. That is why both common sense and good judgement are two separate traits that must be used together. If every scientist used good judgement and common sense in conjunction all the time, then their would be no need for another responsibility for the