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| Dr. Walter fighting fire with fire by using fringe science to right the wrongs done by others using fringe science. ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. |
Violence in Fringe is based around the exploitation of fringe science, which in some ways is an allusion to the exploitation of science and technology in the real world. In a sense, Fringe explores the morality of science, specifically related to its capability to aid and enhance the damage caused by violence. Each episode is a battle between Fringe Division and criminals, and the victor is whoever utilizes fringe science to its fullest potential. This seems to suggest that even though the violence is rooted and dependent on fringe science, it is not the science that is causing the violence. In the same way, Fringe Division is not tapping into some inherent good in fringe science to defeat the criminals, but rather simply using it as a tool. The violence would thus exist regardless of fringe science, and fringe science's only danger results from being in the wrong hands. In the real world, some people argue that science and technology are detrimental to the world, and that we should live without it. But by extending the claims based off of Fringe, one can conclude that it is not the science that is the problem, but rather the people and how they use the science. In this sense, science and fringe science are not necessarily good or evil, but rather morally neutral with morality being dependent on how they are used.
