I've been following along with many subjects throughout the years. Every now and then, a few of them come to mind simultaneously and their synthesis creates a new evolution of thought. In this case, I've been thinking about psychology and technology as well as ethics. If one were to put together these subjects and weigh them with regard to the current seeming inability of many people to act in an ethical manner (perhaps, because patience, tolerance, listening and mutual respect regarding debate have become casualties to personal perspective and personal gain), I wonder if they'd believe, as I'm inclined to, that it'll be nearly impossible for human behavior, en masse, to correct the lack of ethics that is probably a result of human frailty. In my humble opinion, this massively detrimental problem (which affects economics, education, politics, relationships and quite nearly every other facet of society) will probably only ever be corrected through scientific and technological research, development and productivity. In other words, I'm inclined to believe that we'll require a scientific, technical method to analyze whether people have the strength of character to be ethical and either correct or exclude those who don't from future endeavors and issues that affect society as a whole. As unfortunate as it is (and potentially dangerous for those who lack the ability to act ethically), I don't think we will be able to make much progress as a species until there is a suitable scientific or technical solution that is more reliable than what can be provided by 'the human condition'. It is certainly something that would be wise to consider! ;)

I've been following along with many subjects throughout the years. Every now and then, a few of them come to mind simultaneously and their synthesis creates a new evolution of thought. In this case, I've been thinking about psychology and technology as well as ethics. If one were to put together these subjects and weigh them with regard to the current seeming inability of many people to act in an ethical manner (perhaps, because patience, tolerance, listening and mutual respect regarding debate have become casualties to personal perspective and personal gain), I wonder if they'd believe, as I'm inclined to, that it'll be nearly impossible for human behavior, en masse, to correct the lack of ethics that is probably a result of human frailty. In my humble opinion, this massively detrimental problem (which affects economics, education, politics, relationships and quite nearly every other facet of society) will probably only ever be corrected through scientific and technological research, development and productivity. In other words, I'm inclined to believe that we'll require a scientific, technical method to analyze whether people have the strength of character to be ethical and either correct or exclude those who don't from future endeavors and issues that affect society as a whole. As unfortunate as it is (and potentially dangerous for those who lack the ability to act ethically), I don't think we will be able to make much progress as a species until there is a suitable scientific or technical solution that is more reliable than what can be provided by 'the human condition'. It is certainly something that would be wise to consider! ;) - ...and it's not the DSM V.