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DIGNITY, HEALING, AND VIRTUE: BIOETHICAL CONCERNS IN KAZUO ISHIGURO’S NEVER LET ME GO

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Lacko I.
World Literature Studies
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2024
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vol. 16
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issue 2
20 – 30
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The article aims to examine bioethical concerns presented in Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go, focusing on the lives of cloned beings who become organ donors for non-cloned humans. The analysis addresses such ethical implications of cloning and organ donation as dignity, healing, care, and virtue. Through the lens of utilitarian and virtue ethics, the analysis focuses on the novel’s portrayal of these characters, examining how these models function in the narrative and enhance its literary effect. Ishiguro’s text highlights some of the bioethical concerns surrounding clone characters in fiction. The novel questions whether clone characters are part of a social transformation or if they are part of the existing distinction between nature and artefact. The bioethical understanding of human dignity is emphasized, as it is intrinsic to every human being.
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