Monika Katarzyna Małek-Orłowska
Humanities and Social Studies Section
The Wrocław University of Technology
Poland
A Formula For Good Life
Utopian Concepts in Radical Human Enhancement
Abstract: The author interprets the concept of human enhancement (HE) as a contemporary utopia. The distinction between radical and moderate approach to enhancement creates the ground for further analysis. The author identifies radical approaches to HE as a utopian pursuit for perfect society and analyzes key utopian postulates assumed especially in transhumanist thought. The comparison of a moderate approach to the radical one indicates that practical value for such fields as technology assessment and decision making at the socio-political level can be ascribed only to the moderate approach to human enhancement.
Keywords: human enhancement, transhumanism, utopia, technology assessment
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No. 36 (2018)
Published: 2018-09-28
10.31261/errgo
English
Język Polski