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GATTACA
I. Instructions:
Please watch the attached video clips and the attached PDF on Free Will vs. Determinism before and after your viewing of GATTACA, and then complete your five paragraph essay on one of the four topic questions below. I only want you to write on one of the four. Please incorporate the concepts below into your essay, as well as any other relevant psychological terms or concepts that you’ve learned over the year. The essay should include an introduction with a thesis statement, three supporting paragraphs with topic sentences and concrete details, and a conclusion.
II. Definitions:
Hard Determinism – the view that the will of an individual is not free and is instead determined by factors beyond his or her control and/or responsibility like genes, social conditioning/socialization, social control (laws, norms, mores that have real consequences for an individual when violated), and the physical laws governing our clockwork universe.
Soft Determinism/Compatibilism – the view that the will of an individual remains free even if some of that individual’s choices are determined by previous experiences or predispositions.
Indeterminism – Total Freedom
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul.
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III. Materials:
Please review the attached materials in the following order before and after viewing GATTACA, and then complete your essay.
1. Please open the PDF on Free Will vs. Determinism and read the material.
2. Watch: Waking Life - The Problem of Free Will
3. Watch: Cognitive-Neuroscience and Free Will
4. Watch: Do We Have Free Will Or Is Everything Predetermined
5. Watch: Crash Course - Determinism vs. Free Will ( click on the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGtkDzELAI )
6. Watch: GATTACA (It's streaming free on Hulu, Tubi and Crackle. It's also on Prime Video and Vudu for $2.99)
7. Review the materials again if necessary and then begin your essay.
8. Email me your essay when it's completed. It's due on or before June 5th, 2020.
IV. ESSAY QUESTIONS: Nature vs. Nurture and Free-Will vs. Determinism
1. When Jerome’s parents went to a genetics center for a second child, the geneticist stated “I have taken the liberty of eradicating any potentially prejudicial conditions - premature baldness, myopia, alcoholism and addictive susceptibility, propensity for violence and obesity.” The father then asks “We were wondering if we should leave some things to chance.” To this the geneticist responds, “You want to give your child the best possible start. Believe me, we have enough imperfection built-in already. Your child doesn't need any additional burdens.” Would it be irresponsible for the father to want to leave something to chance? How would a Indeterminist and Determinist respond to this?
2. Vincent states in the movie that “it's illegal to discriminate – ‘genoism’ it's called – but no one takes the laws seriously.” This is in fact one of the standard criticisms of genetic profiling: if we have genetic data on people, then employers or insurance companies will use that data to minimize financial risk. Assuming that this will be true, would the benefits of genetic profiling still outweigh the costs? How would an Indeterminist and Determinist respond to this?
3. The moral message of the movie is that we can rise above our genetic predispositions, with specific emphasis on our pre-determined physical and mental abilities. The movie’s message also applies to our ability to overcome pre-determined behavioral traits – an issue more typically involved in the philosophical debate about free will vs determinism (no free will). The prime example of this in the movie was the revelation that the Director Josef committed the murder, even though his genetic profile indicated that he was completely non-violent. Which is a better “refutation” of Determinism: Vincent living past 30, or Director Josef committing a murder?
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