Did you know that almost 19 million people participate in clinical trials, but it is impossible to say how many are harmed? A character named Charlie was involved in a test to see if we can artificially improve human intelligence. Some say it was for the good of science, but many others can argue otherwise. The argument has arisen because of the side effects of the operation, the fact that the Ethics of Fieldwork were not followed, and the unfortunate death of Charlie. The short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Scientists performed an operation to possibly triple the IQ of the test subject: Charlie. The doctors had good reason for the operation, but when they chose Charlie as the test subject, it was a not a good decision.
In the first place, it was wrong of Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur to choose Charlie as a test subject for the sake that the doctors did not follow the “Ethics of Fieldwork” and how they took advantage of his position. In the text it states, “Dr. Strauss says I shud rite down what I think and evrwy thing that happins to me from now on. I dont know why but he says its importint so they will see if they will use me.”(Keyes 182). The quote shows that Charlie was not the best at reading/writing and that Charlie is not the most intelligent person. This makes him easily persuaded and can be possibly manipulated. This is probably the reason why they wanted Charlie to be their test subject for no one in their right …show more content…
They wrongly did this because it caused the death of Charlie, they did not follow the “Ethics of Fieldwork”, and the few improvements were completely reversed, so the operation was pointless. Was a small glimpse of being smart enough to pay the price of death, what is the value of
In the first place, it was wrong of Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur to choose Charlie as a test subject for the sake that the doctors did not follow the “Ethics of Fieldwork” and how they took advantage of his position. In the text it states, “Dr. Strauss says I shud rite down what I think and evrwy thing that happins to me from now on. I dont know why but he says its importint so they will see if they will use me.”(Keyes 182). The quote shows that Charlie was not the best at reading/writing and that Charlie is not the most intelligent person. This makes him easily persuaded and can be possibly manipulated. This is probably the reason why they wanted Charlie to be their test subject for no one in their right …show more content…
They wrongly did this because it caused the death of Charlie, they did not follow the “Ethics of Fieldwork”, and the few improvements were completely reversed, so the operation was pointless. Was a small glimpse of being smart enough to pay the price of death, what is the value of