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It may sound like something out of a science fiction plot, but Oxford resear
It may sound like something out of a science fiction plot, but Oxford resear
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2025-03-27
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It may sound like something out of a science fiction plot
, but Oxford researchers say that modern conventional medicine is gradually developing ways to change the moral states of humans through pharmaceutical drugs, and thus control the way people think and act in various life situations. These new drugs will literally have the ability to disrupt an individual’s personal morality, and instead reprogram that person to believe and do whatever the drug designer has created that drug to do.
"Science has ignored the question of moral improvement so far, but it is now becoming a big debate," said Dr. Guy Kahane from the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics in the UK. "There is already a growing body of research you can describe in these terms. Studies show that certain drugs affect the ways people respond to moral dilemmas by increasing their ability to share in another’s feelings, group affiliation and by reducing aggression."
While this may sound good in theory, mind control is already a very dangerous side effect of existing drugs. Take the antidepressant drug Prozac, for instance, which has been known to cause those taking it to lash out in violent rages. One young boy murdered his father by beating him and stabbing him in the head, and hit his mother with a crowbar and stabbed her in the face, shortly after starting to take Prozac.
But the kinds of drugs Kahane and his colleagues are referring to imply designer drugs specifically designed to not only alter one’s mental state, but also to change the way that person thinks about situations from a moral perspective. The end result is literally a type of drug-induced mind control where human subjects will be controlled by someone else, and unable to make conscious decisions for themselves.
Research on the subject, of course, tries to paint the idea of mind-control drugs in a positive light, suggesting that they could be used to help make the world a better place. Just imagine less violence, more trust, and more love, they say. This way of using words persuasively, though, is really just a tactic to further numb the already mind-numbed masses into accepting the idea as a good thing. [br] The underlined part of the first sentence of the passage implies that______.
选项
A、developing drugs to change human morality sounds unbelievable
B、modern conventional medicine can bring miracles to health
C、it is impossible to control human behavior through drugs
D、Oxford researchers are writing sci-fiction about new drugs
答案
A
解析
文章第一句中的it指现代传统医学在探索如何通过药物改变人的道德观,这种做法犹如科幻小说中的情节,似乎不太现实。结合下文的描述,尤其是第二段最后一句的描述,可以断定这是可能的,因此否定选项C。
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