Neighbors in conflict: an ethical dilemma? by Medina, Ana Irene, Carrasco, Mirta

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Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road by Pinto Bustamante, Boris Julián

“…The movie The Road, based on the novel by american writer Cormac McCarthy, proposes an ethical question in a post-apocalyptic scenario: what would be the moral canon that regulates human relations in the face of the collapse of capitalist culture? …”
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Babe, a pig not so gallant by Rojas Castillo, Sandra Daniela

“…Babe, a Little pig goes a long way is a film that has generally been used as a fable with the moral of each individual is the owner of his own destiny, but the lesson does not end there, from a critical perspective, the moral is if you don’t want to be food, you should help taking care of the food-animals. …”
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The Turing test in Ex Machina: Is Ava an intentional system? by Caycedo-Castro, Maria Paola, Pinto-Bustamante, Boris Julián

“…Some of the main perspectives in relation to the philosophy of mind are reviewed and the problem posed by the film is analyzed, as to whether Ava, the humanoid robot, passes the Turing test, based on three hypotheses: The mental states described by John Searle constitute the three dimensions of the psychic world and moral deliberation: the factual dimension of perception, the estimative dimension of values, and the pragmatic dimension of actions. …”
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Superheroes and the future of human species. A bioethical look at the X-Men film: days of the future past by Pedraza, Natalia

“…Superhero films show us significant attitudes, embodied in characters that, as the main objective, have the obligation to decide in situations where their moral principles are put in question. Their lifes move among a myriad of aspirations and fears that usually end up putting the survival of the human species at risk. …”
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Bioetica e cinema: Racconti di malattia e dilemmi morali by Perrotti, Natalia

“…Racconti di malattia e dilemmi morali (Bioética y Cine: Relatos de enfermedades y dilemas morales), de Paolo Cattorini (Franco Angelli, 2006), es uno de los mayores tratados sobre el cine como escenario para la reflexión ética y sin duda la investigación más completa en idioma italiano. …”
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Bioethics of genetic innovations and artificial intelligence by Bogetti, Celeste

“…How the intervention of technology to create humans that are means to an end can be morally justified? Which is the objective of creating artificial intelligence? …”
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