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Ethical Issues In The Contemporary Science Fiction Films

Posted on:2015-03-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330425981859Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Throughout the history of science fiction movie, its themes and concerns of technology and development of human society became more closely. With the digital film industry development of information technology, it break the limitations of time and space to a large extent, and produce a more profound and wide-ranging impact on the contemporary society. From a different perspective, Sci-fi movie not only is the interpretation of current scientific and technical issues worth thinking about the next story of the refraction of ethics, but also bring out the philosophy thinking of ethics appeal in the development of science and technology. Utilitarianism as a modern mainstream of ethics, plays a guiding role in all spheres of society. This paper aims from utilitarian perspective of contemporary popular science fiction movies explore ethical conduct on the hope that through some common themes expressed in these movies on ethics embodied induction utilitarian philosophy of social and age aspirations.Dissertation utilitarian as a starting point, based on the basic research methods of literature review, it also use the method of philosophical analysis and logic and history, abstract and concrete, induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, the combination of macro and micro methods.This paper focuses on ethical issues in science fiction movies epitomize launched a utilitarian to answer the following three questions:What are the ethical issues in the contemporary sci-fi movies? How did the contemporary Utilitarianism answer them? What kind of morality can contribute to a better pursuit of good? By the first chapter of contemporary science fiction movies were screened in order, summed up the ethical issues inherent in a science fiction movie. The second chapter reviews the development and defense of utilitarianism and criticism by the third chapter describes the utilitarian answer to ethical issues. Chapter IV made the overall summary.From an ethical point of view of contemporary utilitarianism, human happiness generations in mind, the long-term interests of the masses in the first place, social organizations opposed to the functional limitations of the social elite minority interests. Of course, in his discussion of utilitarianism and equal rights of citizens what are some of the weaknesses of justice to consider the moral implications, thus making the criticism over the years by those who critique deontological, utilitarian critique has been in self-development, and gradually improve the theoretical system, making it to say in a very mainstream contemporary ethics. This is so because the contemporary utilitarian calculation includes not only the utilitarian aspects of people enjoying such non-material spiritual level, also today and the future of humanity as a whole as the main utilitarian considerations, so that the spirit of utilitarianism realm upgraded to a new level. This should be the utilitarian significance in the present.
Keywords/Search Tags:Utilitarianism, Ethics Issues, Contemporary Science Fiction Films
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