Bioengagement - Fall-Winter 2019

BioFiction

Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

(Talese, 2019).

Surrogacy (forced), Dystopic Theocracy.

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Jodi Picoult, A Spark of Light

(Ballantine, 2018).

Abortion.

Bioethics at the Box Office

Alita: Battle Angel

‍(2019, PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language).

‍Cyborg, Human Enhancement, Personhood, Transhumanism/Posthumanism.

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Dark Waters

(2019, PG-13 for thematic content, some disturb- ing images and strong language).

Public Health, Public Policy, Health Law.

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Human Nature

(2019, TV-PG, Documentary).

CRISPR, Genetics, Human Enhancement.

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I Am Mother

(2019, TV-14).

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Wombs, Ethical Theory.

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Machine

(2019, Not Rated, Documentary).

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Posthumanism.

Primetime Bioethics

Altered Carbon

(2018-present, Netflix).

Artificial Intelligence, Human Enhancement, Neuroethics, Radical Life Extension, Regenerative Medicine, Transhumanism/ Posthumanism, Virtual Reality.

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Black Mirror Season 5

(2019, Netflix).

Virtual reality, consciousness uploading, privacy, human enhancement, Robotics.

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Hanna

(2019, Amazon).

Genetic Engineering, Human Enhancement.

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Osmosis

(2019, Netflix).

Research Ethics, Virtual Reality, Human Enhancement.

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The Age of A.I.

(2019, Youtube, Documentary).

AI, Research Ethics, Human Enhancement.

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The Handmaid’s Tale

(2017- Present, Hulu).

Human Dignity, Reproductive Ethics.