Monthly Archives: September 2003

Introduction to a Bioethical Analysis of the Film Gattaca

This paper was delivered at a Post-graduate seminar, Latrobe University, Melbourne 2003. Footnotes are missing. All fictions dealing with genetic “engineering” raise issues of identity and genetic essentialism/determinism. This film is often favoured as a representation of ‘real’ as opposed to ‘fictional’ problems in this regard because it extrapolates on the basis of known science and because it avoids the cruder, less plausible forms of … Continue reading Introduction to a Bioethical Analysis of the Film Gattaca »