"Blade Runner": Ethical considerations and film analysis
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:25:06
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 8 pages (2108 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 8 pages (2108 words)
"Blade Runner" is a futuristic sci-fi action movie that takes place in the L.A. of the year 2019. Blade Runners are a type of law enforcement official who must hunt down rouge Replicants that are a genetically manufactured humanoid creature. They are no longer allowed on Earth and must be 'retired' if discovered planet side. This means that a "blade runner's" sole duty is to eliminate all Replicant threats on Earth. In this paper I …
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…immoral system. This is an ethical dilemma that is hard to resolve, being true to oneself, or being true to one's duty.
Works Cited/Referenced:
Blade Runner. Dir. Ridley Scott. Perfs. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah. Film. The Ladd Company, 1982.
Pollock, J.M. 2004. Ethics in Crime and Justice: Dilemmas and Decisions. Thomson Wadsworth Publishing.
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