Ethical decisions are made by tens of thousands of doctors every day, all around the world. However, the fine line between ethical and non-ethical is often open to interpretation. The difference between right and wrong, the values a person holds dear, they may differ rom person to person. Ethics prevent people from making bad choices that may harm themselves or others. Charlie Gordon, a 37 year old man with an IQ of 68, always wished to be smart. Recommended to two doctors, named Strauss and Nemur respectively, Charlie underwent an experimental and controversial surgery that had previously only been tested on animals, notably a mouse named Algernon. Proving promising in raising Algernon's IQ, the two doctors had Charlie undergo a surgery to raise his IQ. The surgery did not improve Charlie's life, in fact it caused a great decline in his quality of life. Charlie Gordon's doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter.
Charlie's doctors did not act ethically because they did not receive adequate consent for Charlie to undergo the operation. The operation was a big choice, and Charlie may not be…show more content… Charlie's quality of life decreased rapidly, eventually leaving him depressed and forlorn about the entire experience, and exactly where he started. While Charlie's intelligence increased for a period of time, it then decreased posthaste back to his original IQ of 68, causing his overall happiness and quality of living to plummet. The doctors did not act ethically, because they could have prevented much of the pain that Charlie felt by simply rethinking some of their decisions before they acted upon
