For my analytical research project, I am focusing on the ethics and moral implications involved in the technology of memory imprinting used in the show Dollhouse. This technology if existed would cause quite a controversial stir about how it is wrong to erase someone’s memories and personality to turn them into an empty shell. In one episode, a reporter asks people on the street what they think about the Dollhouse myth. Many of the people respond with their opinions on how what the Dollhouse might be doing is wrong and immoral. I think scientific research and development today has brought of a lot of controversy and questions concerning the ethics behind some studies and experiments. I would like to link the moral implications of human cloning to the technology and practices done in Dollhouse. Cloning has been a very controversial topic over the past few years. The idea and possibility of human cloning brings up many ethical questions. There are many people that would be willing to volunteer for studies like this in the interest of scientific advancement and money. I believe that just because these people are willing does not make it right and breaks a certain moral code. With all of the moral controversy surrounding scientific research, the futuristic Dollhouse technology can easy be linked and compared to much of it.
Sources:
1. 1. Choi, Charles Q., cloning of a human, Scientific American; Jun2010, Vol. 302 Issue 6, p36-38, 3p, 1 Color Photograph
2. 2. Morales, Nestor Micheli, Psychological and Ideological Aspects of Human Cloning: A Transition to a Transhumanist Psychology, Journal of Evolution & Technology; Jul2009, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p19-42, 24p
3. 3. Josh Whedon, “Epitaph One”, season one, episode 2, Dollhouse, 2009
4. 4. Josh Whedon, “Omega”, season one, episode 2, Dollhouse, 2009
5. 5. Nordgren, Anders, Analysis of an epigenetic argument against human reproductive cloning., Reproductive BioMedicine Online; Aug2006, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p278-283, 6p
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