Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, Parker
Crutchfield, has suggested a controversial approach to battling the pandemic —
namely a “morality pill.”
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Specifically, he suggests that widespread
administration of psychoactive drugs could provide “moral enhancement” that
would make people more likely to adhere to social norms such as wearing masks
and adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Crutchfield and other professionals point out that:
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well-known chemicals, such as oxytocin and
psilocybin (the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”) can lower aggression
and increase empathy towards others, and thus potentially “boost” our
“cooperative, pro-social behavior.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2020/08/30/could-a-morality-pill-help-stop-the-covid-19-pandemic/?sh=77ccb3d25b84
While I agree that morality is central to the health of any
of us and to society, I have many reservations about secretly drugging-up our
nation, as some have suggested. It starts with addiction and other possible side-effects.
And what if this palliative must be terminated, will we become more immoral
that we had been before!
If we are concerned about morality. Shouldn’t we also be
concerned about slipping our citizens a continual “mickey.” I think so!
Besides, do we really need another imposed top-down mandate?
When will it stop? When all behaviors deemed “negative” or “toxic” by our leaders
are controlled or eliminated?
There are already proven methods to improve morality. The offer
of a “new life” through the Redeemer Jesus Christ, who has radically changed
lives and societies without side-effects or government mandates! He has
radically changed this previously dysfunctional human being, and millions of
others have proclaimed the same! However, this Solution is the one which is
increasingly banned, even persecuted.
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