Is Transhumanism a New Face of Bioethics?

• Autores: Grzegorz Holub
• Localización: Revista de filosofía Aurora, ISSN-e 2965-1565, ISSN 2965-1557, Vol. 32, Nº. 55, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Transhumanismo e Inteligência Artificial), págs. 62-73
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • O transhumanismo é uma nova face da bioética?
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  • The paper deals with a possible interdependence between bioethics and transhumanism. It seems that nowadays transhumanism is a separate discipline and we can say at most about bioethical aspects of that. However, a more in-depth investigation reveals that transhumanism is a rival of the contemporary bioethics and tends to take control over it. So, thispaper triedto prove that this is not a necessity. There are still vital differences between bioethics and transhumanism and they justify keeping the former separate. The main difference concerns the object of investigation: bioethics is about ethical enquiry of the existing, bodily human being, whereas transhumanism is directed toward a future creature called posthuman. Thus, although there are attempts within transhumanism to replace bioethics, they are still two separate fields of investigation and hence the formeris not a new and fully-fledged face of the latter.