In Minority Report, humans that are used to tell the future ( pre-cogs) represent advances in medical sciences. They can predict when someone is going to commit a crime. There are three pre-cogs. The main leader is named Agatha, and without her the whole system wouldn't run. They are kept in a pool of water with wires attached to their heads, so they can read the predictions. The visions appear on a screen above them, and two balls get sent out with the names of the people involved in the crime. This whole system is called pre-crime. It is used to prevent crimes before they actually happen. So if someone is seriously plotting on committing a crime, then the precogs will pick up on that and police officers will arrest the " criminal" and put them in a cell for the rest of their lives.
The pre-cogs weren't always in this pool of water though, they were normal human beings just like anyone else. So now the real question is presented, is this really ethical? Putting humans in a pool of water, with no freedom, to work for the government, for the rest of their lives. Although some may say that these three people could save thousands, is it really okay to take away three people's lives, to better the government? Personally, I don't think this is okay. You can't avoid crimes, but there are better ways to limit them. Taking three innocent people and making them work for you is not right. Those people had lives worth living, and who knows maybe they would one day do something to change the world.
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