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Andrew Niccols's movie Gattaca (1997) inspired the formulation of the “Gattaca Argument” concerning the negative outcome of biotechnology, which has since been critiqued especially in the context of transhumanism and posthumanism. According this argument the development of genetic enhancement will produce a genetic discrimination and lead us to serious form of inequality. However, in particular transhumanists deny that here are reasons to worry and advocating instead the transformation of human condition in terms of genetic enhancement. Moreover, they question that genetic enhancement will necessarily lead to social inequality. In what follows, we will reexamine the Gattaca Argument and its critiques based on the movie in order to reassess the role the movie plays in the subsequent scholarly discussion. We will argue that existing critiques fall short of capturing the problem posed in the movie – the problem of the inhumane. Based on a hermeneutic approach to the movie we will both reconstruct the arguments and evaluate the transhuman counterarguments in terms of modern history of philosophical ideas.

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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Where the “Gattaca Argument” comes from?
3. Transhuman Counterarguments against the “Gattaca Argument” and another viewpoint of “Gattaca”
4. An Evaluation of the Counterarguments inspired by “Gattaca”
5. Gattaca and Modernity
6. Conclusion
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• Ralf Beuthan [ A Dept. of Philosophy, Myongji University, Seoul, Korea ] Corresponding Author
• Hyunkyung Yang [ A Dept. of Philosophy, Myongji University, Seoul, Korea ]

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• 간행물명

  The International Journal of Advanced Smart Convergence

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• pISSN

  2288-2847

• eISSN

  2288-2855

• 수록기간

  2012~2025

• 십진분류

  KDC 326 DDC 380