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Why Is Flowers For Algernon Ethical
Marisa Quiroga
Putman
Hour 2.6
15 November 2016
Argument Paper
Ethics are what guides your conscience. It's the right and wrong; good or bad; to follow or not follow the law. Charlie is a mouse with low intelligence in the book "Flowers of Algernon."He agreed to get an operation done to himself to make his intelligence grow. His intelligence grew, but after a few weeks started to decrease Algernon was someone who got tested be for Charlie and is now died. Charlie Gordon's doctor's didn't act ethically when they preformed there operation to make him smarter.

Charlie Gordon's sugary was unnecessary. The doctors weren't thinking when they ask Charlie Gordon if he wanted the surgery. He was mentally disabled when they asked him If he wanted the surgery; all he wanted was to be smarter. Charlie would have done anything to be smarter than he was. If a chance came up for him to be smarter he would take it no matter what. The doctors took advantage of Charlie and shouldn't have done what they did. That's why I think that the surgery was unnecessary. …show more content…
Charlie was all in for the surgery no matter what because all he wanted was to be smarter than he was. Although all he got was to experience about a few weeks of being smart. It made him want to work harder and make himself smart again after the intelligence wore off. He could have lived his life if he didn't have the surgery, but now there is that possibility that he will pass before he was able to do the things he was wanting to do. Therefore the surgery was unnecessary and Charlie shouldn't of had to go through that
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