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ETHICS GENESEDITING AND DIGITAL IMMORTALITY A POSTHUMANIST READING OF ISHIGUROS KLARA AND THE SUN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).22      10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).22      Published : Jun 2023

Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun

Abstract

    Technology has played its role in enhancing people's quality of lives by boosting their innate competence. Genetic Engineering and Digital immortality are recent developments in this field.This study intends to examine the darkside of advanced technology in Genetic Engineering and the complexities regarding digital immortality with textual references from Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun.The analysis of text is dealt with under the theoretical paradigm of ethical debates on genetic engineering in Francesca Ferrando’s posthuman bioethics from her work Philosophical Posthumanism and Micheal Sandel’s The Case against Perfection. Moreover, the issues of consciousness and mind-uploading also make the base of the study. This study finds that these advance technologies have also
    negative impacts on humans and society.

    Genetic Engineering, Digital Immortality, Posthuman Bioethics, Mind- Uploading

    (1) Fatima
    M.Phil Scholar, English Literature, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aysha
    M.Phil Scholar, English Literature, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sahar Javaid
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Fatima., Aysha., & Javaid, S. (2023). Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun. Global Language Review, VIII(II), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).22

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Fatima, , Aysha, and Sahar Javaid. 2023. "Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun." Global Language Review, VIII (II): 247-257 doi: 10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).22

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    HARVARD : FATIMA., AYSHA. & JAVAID, S. 2023. Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun. Global Language Review, VIII, 247-257.

MHRA

    MHRA : Fatima, , Aysha, and Sahar Javaid. 2023. "Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun." Global Language Review, VIII: 247-257

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    MLA : Fatima, , Aysha, and Sahar Javaid. "Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun." Global Language Review, VIII.II (2023): 247-257 Print.

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    OXFORD : Fatima, , Aysha, , and Javaid, Sahar (2023), "Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun", Global Language Review, VIII (II), 247-257

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Fatima, , Aysha, and Sahar Javaid. "Ethics, Genes-Editing and Digital Immortality: A Posthumanist Reading of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun." Global Language Review VIII, no. II (2023): 247-257. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).22