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Title: | Future ethical issues involving reproduction - with examples from Star Trek |
Authors: | Savona-Ventura, Charles Grech, Victor E. |
Keywords: | Science fiction Infertility -- Fiction Star Trek fiction Reproduction -- Moral and ethical aspects |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc. |
Citation: | Savona-Ventura, C., & Grech, V. E. (2014). Future ethical issues involving reproduction - with examples from Star Trek. World Future Review, 6(2), 105-113. |
Abstract: | Science fiction narratives are regularly used to explore the consequences of contemporary and envisaged future scientific innovations along with the ensuing novel ethical and moral concepts. The television series Star Trek has dealt with aspects of reproductive health, often based on extrapolations from significant real-world breakthroughs in artificial reproductive technology and genetic engineering. This article assesses episodes that addressed such vexing ethical questions as choices affecting pregnancy after rape, advances in obstetrics including surrogate motherhood, and novel delivery techniques designed to protect the health of the mother and baby. However, the most significant ethical challenges may be those involving choices of deliberate genetic enhancements and/or frank physical alterations in non-life-threatening situations. The authors argue that responsible use of the popular science fiction genre, as exemplified by the various Star Trek series, cannot only provide advanced warning of problems and issues that science may eventually unleash but also suggest potential solutions to such problems. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25412 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SOG Scholarly Works - FacM&SPae |
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