The modern society is becoming heavily reliant on new technological inventions, and this has aroused concerns from ethicists. Many technological advancement in various fields including medicine has enormously changed society today. Technology has currently set a standard applicable to all people. Ethicists argue that although new technology seems to be beneficial to humans, they also make them ostentatious. This leaves lay people including patients, patients’ families, and consumers of cyber technology to decide whether to trust ethicist or continue relying on technology. In “The Made-To-Order Savior,” Lisa Belkin illustrates contentious medical technology that convince the two couples, the Strong-Goldbergs and the Nashes, to get another child …show more content…
It seems that many ethicists tend to tell people about what is right or wrong without having to suffer these experiences (e.g. parents who are risking their children’s lives) themselves. Medical professionals always practice under some outlined ethics codes. This is meant to improve patient's care by promoting ethical professionalism among the doctors and the patients as well. It never indicates how families should tackle the issue of ill family member especially kids or whether medical interventions on a child are indeed ethical. Turkle seems to agree with Belkin as she claims that human values of authenticity and intimacy are two qualities that prove to be imperative for people to propagate and the foundation for ethical standards that continue to be broken through the abuse and improper use of the new technology. Turkle speaks about the MIT hacker, Anthony, who was disgracefully identified for being wary, but he found comfort in his interest in computer programming. She states that “A love relationship involves coming to savor the surprises and the rough patches of looking at the world from another person's point of view, shaped by history, biology, trauma, and joy. Computers and robots do not have these experiences to share” (Turkle 268). In this statement, Turkle identifies that Anthony may be an introvert. However, that does not imply that he should submit himself into the loneliness that easily and rely on robotic devices for comfort. She labels him as a teenager hoping that robots could sometimes be in a position to comfort him in such ways that humans cannot