Blog 9

The Distinction Between Science and Morality

The focus of my analytical research paper is to create a thorough depiction of each side’s composition and to develop an understanding of the honesty and corruption behind both sides. I’ve had an interest in this subject since ninth grade. My biology teacher was teaching about evolution, about the Big Bang Theory, and a very religious student stood up and debated about the matter for the whole class. The teacher tried to assure the student that there’s a capability of studying science while maintaining your religious beliefs. I also believe in this, but Dollhouse shows a much farther extremity than this example.

This argument can be displayed in pretty much every episode of Dollhouse. I like this argument because it goes behind the scenes of the dolls’ adventures and analyzes the people that run the organization. It also analyzes the people that use the dolls. The primary source I choose to utilize is Dollhouse’s first episode: “Ghost.” There are many quotes that go along with this argument, such as a point made by the investigator: “No one has everything they want. It's a survival pattern. Once you get what you want, you want something else. If you have everything you want, you want something else. Something more dangerous, more exciting. Something perfect.” This comes into play with this argument because religion teaches us that even though we sin, we should not have greed, a filthy desire. Even though the cases are much more extreme, with someone’s greed level being “I can’t find the perfect girl…so I’ll have someone program one for me.”, comparisons can still be made to today’s society with simple examples such as “oh, I really want that new car” or “I need the iphone 47”.