Comparison of In a Groove and Transcendence
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In a groove is a well known short story of a murder and its possible suspects by
Rynosuke Akutawaga. This essay deals with the comparison of this short story, In a groove and
the movie Transcendence on the basis of the philosophical theories such as ethics, epistemology,
truth, and others. This essay aims to analyze the characters of the short story and the movie and
compare and contrast the issues with respect to the philosophical theories.
The philosophical theory of ethics is about the ethical values one has and the way one
reacts to a particular situation and whether the conduct of a person is ethically good conduct or
bad conduct (Hughes, Gerard). If this theory is applied on the conduct of Tajomaro in In a
Groove, it is realized that nothing can be compared to the cruelty he has shown towards both
Masago and Takehimo. It poses serious questions on the very ground of morality and ethical
value that a human should have. He raped Masago in front of the very eyes of her husband and
persuades Masagno to come with him by saying; “ Once your virtue is stained, you won’t get
along well with your husband. So won’t you be my wife instead” (Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke).
Comparing his deed with the deeds of Caster in the movie Transcendence, it is hard to tell who
is more morally corrupt or ethically wrong in doing what they did. Dr. Will Caster is so blinded
by his quest for knowledge that he leaves his morality and ethics far behind him. This trait of
Cater can also be related to the philosophical theory of epistemology. Epistemology deals with
the aspects of knowledge, belief, and truth ( Lehrer, Keith). Epistemology talks about skepticism,
rationality and justification of knowledge (Jayatilleke, Kulatissa Nanda). Caster crosses
boundaries to seek knowledge with the believe that he can create a transcendence or
technological singularity. However, in doing so, he puts the entire human civilization at risk by
creating his technological civilization and giving artificial intelligence so much power. Caster
says: “ we are not going to fight them we are going to transcend them” ("Warnerbros.Com |

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