Gattaca is a technological reflection movie directed by Andrew Niccol. The film has a futuristic setting that is unimaginable to most people yet logical upon critical scrutiny. The theme of this movie highlights a new way, riddled with technological advancement, to create a perfect society. It raises a moral question about whether the approach used for genetic engineering is ethically acceptable. In this society, an individual’s place in the society is determined by their genetic makeup and circumstances under which they get born. Invalids are people born through natural process while valids are individuals whose existence came about through the process of genetic engineering. Despite the advancements in the society, it is prudent to respect the natural laws of the existence of living things, including human beings, a concept that seems overrun by time in this movie. …show more content…
The contemporary society perceives genetic engineering as immoral and interruption of natural processes that have adapted over years. To some extent, this concept of technological advancement within the society portrayed in the movie, may be the next best way of recreation. In genetic engineering, parents have a choice of choosing particular traits that their offspring should inherit from them. The complexity of this method puts at bay any transferable defects and genetically acquired illnesses. The movie contradicts the society we live in where parents leave the traits of their children to a natural process of selection and inheritance rather than manipulating the process. Offspring born through the method show improved attributes and skills that give them an edge over their counterparts born through natural means. Genetic engineering is a conception method that should be employed only in extreme cases in an ordinary society unlike how the movie