Jurassic Park - an Ethical Perspective

Executive Summary

The following article is a critical analysis of the movie Jurassic Park from an ethical perspective. Jurassic Park was based on a fictional novel by author Michael Crichton. Jurassic Park is set in present time and is a story of an ambitious investor who seeks to bring dinosaurs to life through DNA cloning and recombination. The movie touches on the discussion of man controlling nature, and the ethical implications of bringing two species together separated by 65 million years.

Overview

CEO of InGen, John Hammond, invested in Jurassic Park, which is a dinosaur theme park. Staff of Jurassic park cloned both herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs from frogs’ DNA, which changed dinosaurs’ nature and caused big trouble.

Concerned about the security and safely of this program, Hammond's investors refuse to provide the fund. Hammond then invites Dr. Ian Malcolm, a mathematician, Dr. Alan Grant and paleontologist Dr. Ellie Sattler to verify the safety. Hammond's two grandchildren join them on the tour. To Hammond’s surprise, Malcolm, Grant, and Sattler all oppose the idea after a philosophical debate about the ethics of cloned extinct dinosaurs. Gennaro is the only one to express optimism.

Dennis Nedry is in charge of the computer system. However Dennis betrayed the company by stealing fertilized dinosaur embryos for money. In order to succeed, Nedry deactivates the park's security system. At that time, a storm was heading in. Everyone gets back into the cars except for Dr. Sattler, was looking after the animal. Sattler was sent to the control center while the rest of the group was stranded in the park due to the black out and attacked by the Tyrannosaurus. Gennaro was killed. Grant and the children escaped.

Nerdy was killed by a Diophosaurus when he fled to the competitor company. As a result, no one can decipher the security fence. Meanwhile Ellie and Muldoon were attacked by the Tyrannosaurus when they tried to find Alan and the children. They saved Ian. On the other side of the park, Alan and children hid in the woods. They found a nest full of eggs, indicating the dinosaurs can breed on their own.

Issues and Analysis

Issue One

The Jurassic Park theme park is located on a private island off of the coast of Costa Rica. John Hammond, the creator of Jurassic Park, leased the island from the government of Costa Rica. The island private and is out of the jurisdiction of American and European laws, so the scientists can perform experiments without complying with the laws of any government. However, the park’s target consumers are American and British citizens. The park’s main investors are American and British investors. John Hammond selected the island as a way to circumvent the rules of the American