Blog Post 2

When deciding if something is ethical or not, one must evaluate if their opinion is biased. In the play, The Shape of Things, readers question the actions of Eve throughout the play after she reveals that Adam was her art project. People argue whether or not what she did was ethical, but the real question they should be asking is what her real motive was.
If her motives were selfish then it would be considered unethical because she wasted Adam's time just so that she could finish a project. The action of using people is a very unethical act because it degrades a human's life to a daily used tool. However, emotions could also be a factor when considering if her actions were ethical or not. She might have been mad at Adam for going for Jenny in the past so it could have led Eve to embarrass Adam in public.
Eve might have done some questionable things to Adam, but Adam's oblivious nature made him such an easy target. Maybe what Eve did to Adam was too beneficial to call unethical because of his previous disgusting lifestyle. It also was Adam's fault for being easily manipulated as a human tool so it is somewhat his own responsibility. But at the end of the day, Eve made Adam a better and more social person.
In my opinion, I believe that Eve crossed the ethical line because if her intentions from the very start. This plan or idea that came to Eve required her to abandon all of her empathy when dealing with Adam because it would lead to an inevitable end for Adam. She also had a incentive to break Adam's heart to further her own objective and need.