Human relationships have been corrupted by disorted values
HOW DOES NICCOL SHOW THAT IN THE WORLD OF GATTACA HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN CORUPTED BY DISTORTED VALUES?
* Discrimination
-discrimination exists and it is primarily between two groups. The valid’s, as they are called here, are the dominant group who oppress the group known as the invalids, which is the group consisting of the less privileged individuals. However, in this society, privileged and less privileged does not refer to the individuals in terms of wealth or power, but instead, in terms of genetics. Here, discrimination has been reduced down to genes, and this determines your place in society.
-when parents are planning on having a baby, they are faced with having to decide whether they want a genetically engineered baby or whether they want to let nature run its course. However, this decision involves much more than a simple yes or no because, this decision will decide their child’s social location and will assign them a status. Deciding to genetically engineer their baby, parents are assuring their baby the label of being a valid, whereas parents deciding to let nature take control, are said to be taking a risk of having a non-perfect child who will be labelled with the status of an 'invalid' which can't be changed.
-these two labels of valid and invalid are very powerful, as they define what your life and future are going to be like and also control how the rest of your life is going to be like. These labels provide the exact guidelines as to how that person is to act, feel, behave and think.
* corrupted power
-The conflict is shifted from our level of financial status to whether or not an individual has the best DNA helix. The invalids are doomed to a life of inferiority because they lack the more desirable genes. These people aren't less capable of doing their job, but it is more about whether you are genetically specified for their socially unacceptable characteristics.
-On the other hand, people with the more
* Discrimination
-discrimination exists and it is primarily between two groups. The valid’s, as they are called here, are the dominant group who oppress the group known as the invalids, which is the group consisting of the less privileged individuals. However, in this society, privileged and less privileged does not refer to the individuals in terms of wealth or power, but instead, in terms of genetics. Here, discrimination has been reduced down to genes, and this determines your place in society.
-when parents are planning on having a baby, they are faced with having to decide whether they want a genetically engineered baby or whether they want to let nature run its course. However, this decision involves much more than a simple yes or no because, this decision will decide their child’s social location and will assign them a status. Deciding to genetically engineer their baby, parents are assuring their baby the label of being a valid, whereas parents deciding to let nature take control, are said to be taking a risk of having a non-perfect child who will be labelled with the status of an 'invalid' which can't be changed.
-these two labels of valid and invalid are very powerful, as they define what your life and future are going to be like and also control how the rest of your life is going to be like. These labels provide the exact guidelines as to how that person is to act, feel, behave and think.
* corrupted power
-The conflict is shifted from our level of financial status to whether or not an individual has the best DNA helix. The invalids are doomed to a life of inferiority because they lack the more desirable genes. These people aren't less capable of doing their job, but it is more about whether you are genetically specified for their socially unacceptable characteristics.
-On the other hand, people with the more