Utilitarianism In Brave New World

“To wing your course along the middle air; if low the surges wet your flagging plumes; if high, the sun the melting wax consumes”. This is the advice that Daedalus, the inventor from a renowned Greek myth, gave to his son Icarus when he was about to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father made. In order to control his wings, Icarus had to keep a constant distance between the sun and his wings. However, he eventually disregarded his father’s warning and filled with the exhilaration of flying. With the greed to fly as high as he could, he flew too high and too close to the sun. The intense heat melted the wax on the wings causing his plummet down into the sea. This tragic story of an unfortunate boy portrays the importance of controlling

The director of the Hatchery proudly recounts delicate compositions of the dystopian world such as social caste system and conditioning process. It is noticeable that during gestation process each embryo is assigned with a specific social role – Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon. This is analogous to social stratification of our real life; the Alphas, the leaders of the society are destined to be the brains of the World State, just as conglomerates and politicians mostly rule the world. “We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future Directors of Hatcheries”, states the director. (pg. 13) As shown in the statement, each caste is conditioned to successfully complete its designated role. The process of manipulating the Deltas by forcing them to dislike the nature and learning reminds me of modern education. The way modern education brainwashes growing children and insert sanitized version of knowledge to them. The narrator portrays more indecent and obscene aspects of the dystopian war. Females are often treated as sex toys with mandatory birth controls such as Lenina going out with Henry Foster. Soma, a psychological drug, exemplifies scientific control of the government on its citizens. The novel continues by introducing several characters such as

The ideal world Huxley illustrated has one goal: technological progress. It prioritizes industry, economy and technological improvements over common morals and aspirations of the current society. Technology plays a crucial role keeping orders in the society of the story, everything from producing new members of the society to conditioning them to fit their positions. Cloning, conditioning and creating soma were all used as basic tools to create a dominant society with the motto ‘community, identity, stability’. The narrator emphasizes, “We can make a new one with the greatest ease – as many as we like” (pg. 148) Huxley claims, “One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them” It shows how the society uses technology and scientific enhancements to control every single factor of the world including one’s