Edison during the War of the Currents was doing everything in his power to make people believe that his form of electrity was not only superior, but also safer to use. Edison would use many method to show the consumers that his product was safer and would take it as far as killing many helpless animals and killing people as a form of capital punishment. I think that Edison was using unethical means for his own pride, killing Kemmler with the electric chair using AC, at a period were many didn’t understand the total capacity electricity would do on a body. Another reason why I believe that it was unethical is propably that I personally would never be able to kill another man, and less kill a man for my own need.
November 19, 2008 at 2:35 pm |
I agree, Edison just wanted to prove that DC is safer than AC, at any cost.
November 19, 2008 at 3:42 pm |
From reading your post, it is unclear exactly what your thesis is. You hint at why you think Edison’s position is unethical or ethical but you need to directly state it. Try coming up with a statement that directly answers the questions of whether Edison’s position was ethical or not. You start answering it when you say that Edison wasn’t fully aware of the effects and capabilities of electrocution. Try expanding on that idea to formulate a thesis.