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ALERM-GONZALEZ, Alina J.  y  GONZALEZ-PEREZ, Ubaldo. Science Fiction Cinema Proposal for Bioethic Education. pers.bioét. [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp.14-33. ISSN 0123-3122.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pebi.2019.23.1.2.

Posthumanism state that technologies will eliminate aging, improve cognitive, physical and psychological skills and keep alive human minds by uploading them in machines as artificial intelligence. These beliefs, as constant features in science fiction films, could be useful to educate medical students in Bioethics. We propose some of these science fiction films related with technological changes of humans and the noxious consequences: Being turned into a humanoid created by genetic engineering; a slave or a merchandize without rights; discrimination because of eugenesic genetic manipulation; and/or the creation of cyborgs of mass destruction. Also, the movies can show the reader issues of ethnic supremacy dilemmas, identity impersonate and ambition, impersonal intelligence and conscience and identity transpass after death. These films will help teachers to analyze with students the moral limits of science and technologies.

Palabras clave : Movies; motion pictures; science fiction; education; educative work; medical education; medicine students; bioethics.

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