In the article "Can science be ethical?" Freeman Dyson questions the development and advancement of technology. Dyson believes that highly useful technology can only be acquired by the rich. The rich however treat this technology as "play things" or "toys." Cheap technology however is the only kind of technology that is ethical is technology that can be used and obtained by the rich and poor. His example of this is the use of his fatherss motorcycle.
In Brave New World technology is highly advance, but viewed through certain eyes it would seem unethical or even inhumane. However in the novel they make the technology technically available to everyone. So in this sense the science that Brave New World uses is ethical.
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