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    Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA
    Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA
    Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA
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    Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA

    By Richard Greene

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    In Orphan Black, several apparently unconnected women discover that they are exact physical doubles, that there are more of them out there, that they are all illegally produced clones, and that someone is having them killed. They find themselves in the midst of a secret and violent struggle between a fundamentalist religious group, a fanatical cult of superhuman biological enhancement, a clandestine department of the military, and a giant biotech corporation. Law enforcement is powerless and easily manipulated by these sinister forces. The clones are forced to form their own Clone Club, led by the resourceful Sarah Manning, to defend themselves against their numerous enemies and to find out exactly where they came from and why.
    Orphan Black continually raises philosophical issues, as well as ethical and policy questions deserving philosophical analysis. What makes a person a unique individual? Why is it so important for us to know where we came from? Should we have a say in whether a clone is made of us? Is it immoral to generate clones with built-in health problems or personality defects and if so, does that mean that producers of clones must practice eugenic selection? What light does the behavior of members of the Clone Club shed on the nature-nurture debate? Is it relevant that most are heterosexual, one is a lesbian, and one is a transgendered male?
    This TV show shows us problems of biotechnology which will soon be vital everyday issues. But what kind of a future faces us when human clones are commonplace? Will groups of human clones have a tight bond of solidarity making them a threat to democracy? If the world is going to be taken over by an evil conspiracy, would it better be a scientific cult like Neolution or a religious cult like the Prolethians? Should biotech corporations be able to own the copyright on human DNA sequences? What rules of morality apply when you can’t trust the police and powerful groups are ready to murder you?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Court
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9780812699265
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    • 4/5
      I was 2/3 of the way through watching all of Orphan Black when this book started stalking me at the library. It found itself a perch just one shelf down from the Minecraft books in non-fiction, which just happened to be exactly where I stood every few weeks while my kids combed the Minecraft section over, looking for new books, or at least books they hadn't memorized yet. It was inevitable that I checked this book out.

      As it turned out, there is an entire pop culture and philosophy series, and after reading this one, I may have to put several others on my to-read list. This book was a collection of essays that were part obsessive fan theories (there were several moments where I thought, "Oh, that is what was happening there!") part social theory, part philosophy. Although there was little cohesion or coordination between essays, it did address a variety of interesting topics, from the purpose of life to the legality and ethics of patenting genetic information.

      My favorite essay was the first, "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made," which addresses the complicated non-identity problem: Do future individuals have a moral case for injury if the act that caused them harm also resulted in their very existence? It's a tricky problem with a variety of implications and examples in the world of the show. It ends beautifully thus: "Our lives are fearfully and wonderfully made, by our own two hands, one day at a time."

      The weakest essay was, for me, "Re: Production," which pretends to be redacted memoranda created by someone within one of the organizations (maybe NeoLution?) discussing projects Leda and Castor. The redactions were annoying and the memo implied interests and values in the clones that I find it hard to believe those in their supervisory organizations would have. Meh. Actually, I found "Dialogue with the Buddha" problematic as well.

      Overall though, the collection was both fun and thought provoking. A great read.

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