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Sean ([personal profile] sqbr) wrote2011-04-19 08:00 pm
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EX-TRA-PO-LATE! Moral philosophy and the Daleks

This article embraces the ableist tropes behind the daleks and other such scifi monsters so wholeheartedly that it wouldn't take much to turn it into satire.

EX-TRA-PO-LATE! Moral philosophy and the Daleks

In the 21st century, Bunce suggests that they embody a more general fear, about the triumph of technology and science over humanity. Once creatures like us, they have mutated into something far more sinister. Inside their metal shells, they have oversized brains representing the dominance of scientific reason, at the expense of shrivelled bodies.

Shriveled bodies! How much more evil could they get? A most terrifying fate indeed.

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