Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part G (2025)

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005) portrays a dystopian world where cloned bodies are commodified for organ harvesting, revealing the ethical and philosophical crisis of biopolitical control. This paper explores how the novel reflects capitalist utilitarian ethics that commodify human life, blurring distinctions between the human and nonhuman. Drawing on the theories of Deleuze, Merleau-Ponty, and Nussbaum, it examines how the clones’ bodies symbolize both “flesh” and “meat”—sites of transformation, exploitation, and disgust. The politics of disgust function as a mechanism of dehumanization, justifying systemic violence and emotional detachment from the clones’ suffering. Through parallels with historical body commodification and eugenic practices, the study highlights how marginalized bodies are rendered disposable under the guise of medical and social progress. Ishiguro’s narrative thus serves as a powerful critique of posthuman ethics, bodily autonomy, and the utilitarian logic governing biotechnological societies.