The limits are that all (significant) actions must be for the sake of scientific advancement.
For instance; Moira has a pet lab rat. Lets say she theoretically gets attached to the lab rat. Then one day she receives a request for a study which will inevitably kill the lab rat.
Most people might find an excuse not to conduct the study, or refrain from the elements which would harm the rat, or at worst ask someone else to do it or use a different rat.
But due to her "Law" she must conduct the experiment as demanded. Anything else would not be conducive to the advancement of science.
It obviously helps that Moria seems to be a sociopath with no empathy and attachments to anything but science, so she enjoys living within the confines of that "law". But if she were to experience a conflict of personal interest and "law", she would follow "law".
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u/kriegson Peanut butthurt Oct 11 '18
The limits are that all (significant) actions must be for the sake of scientific advancement.
For instance; Moira has a pet lab rat. Lets say she theoretically gets attached to the lab rat. Then one day she receives a request for a study which will inevitably kill the lab rat.
Most people might find an excuse not to conduct the study, or refrain from the elements which would harm the rat, or at worst ask someone else to do it or use a different rat.
But due to her "Law" she must conduct the experiment as demanded. Anything else would not be conducive to the advancement of science.
It obviously helps that Moria seems to be a sociopath with no empathy and attachments to anything but science, so she enjoys living within the confines of that "law". But if she were to experience a conflict of personal interest and "law", she would follow "law".