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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2017.17.08.121

Ethics for Cloned Human Beings:  

Kim, Mihye (동국대학교 경주캠퍼스 파라미타 칼리지)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.17, no.8, 2017 , pp. 121-129 More about this Journal
Abstract
The evolution of biotechnology is no longer strange to the hypothetical scenario of cloning human genes to make cloned human beings. The characters of are cloned humans made in the laboratory by the 100-year-old life planning. They are cohabited in a school called Hailsham, where they are secretly reared. The purpose of this project is to provide healthy organs to real human patients with incurable diseases. The main characters Cathy, Tommy, and Ruth experience the growth of body and consciousness here during adolescence, and they also know the secret of identity as a clone. As adults, they move to a second residence, Cottage and are ready to begin organ donation. The second stage is also part of a program to provide more genuine-like organs to real patients. Even though they know all the plans that humans have built, they do not resist them and fatefully accept their situation. However, their non-responsiveness is not a declaration of renunciation of life, but a self-sacrificing life extension for another future that is the extension of life through their organ donation. The film emphasizes the fraternity and sacrificial attitudes of the cloned human beings and shows that it is necessary to continue the discussions on cloned human beings from a bio-ethical point of view supported by philosophical reasons.
Keywords
Clone; Kazuo Ishiguro; Never Let Me Go; Organ Donation; Biotechnology;
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