Set in a police state, circa 2054, Minority Report seamlessly combines current allegiances to proactive "pre-crime" strategies with an equally contemporary faith in "new age" prescience to raise questions about the ethics of taking predictions as "facts." Do you believe that thinking about criminal acts is the same as committing them? What civil liberties issues can arise from this?

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The Answer of Set in a police state, circa 2054, Minority Report seamlessly combines current allegiances to proactive "pre-crime" strategies with an equally contemporary faith in "new age" prescience to raise questions about the ethics of taking predictions as "facts." Do you believe that thinking about criminal acts is the same as committing them? What civil liberties issues can arise from this?

Set in a Police State, Circa 2054, Minority Report Seamlessly