In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley tries to convey the belief that every invention or improvement for the, so called, betterment of mankind is only an instrument for his ultimate destruction. “We are,” he said, “on the horns of an ethical dilemma and to find the middle way will require all out intelligence and all out good will.” This goes for all fields of life, medical, technical, social, etc. Not only in the book, but …showed first 75 words of 1099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1099 total…conditioning, and the widespread use of soma in the book rendered everyone in that society an infant no matter how old they were. Today, we can see such destructive tendencies and patterns in the internet, the modern field of medicine, and technology such as the automotive industry. The ethical dilemma that Huxley mentions is that of taking away some of the pleasures we have now to produce a greater, more lasting happiness in the future.