The Power of Passivity: The Challenge of Being Human in the Age of Technology
What does it mean to be human in a technologically enhanced world? The paper identifies six key challenges that must be considered when discussing the idea of humanity today. From these challenges emerge six key concepts: embeddedness, responsibility, normative vision, plurality, finitude, and the d...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Mohr Siebeck
2021
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Philosophy, theology and the sciences
Année: 2021, Volume: 8, Numéro: 1, Pages: 5-28 |
| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropologie NCJ Science et éthique |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Embeddedness
B Finitude B Deep Passivity B Humanity B Existence B Normativity |
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| Résumé: | What does it mean to be human in a technologically enhanced world? The paper identifies six key challenges that must be considered when discussing the idea of humanity today. From these challenges emerge six key concepts: embeddedness, responsibility, normative vision, plurality, finitude, and the deep passivity of human existence. In debate with transhumanism I focus particularly on the last two because the importance of our finitude and passivity has dangerously been downplayed in recent years. |
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| ISSN: | 2197-2834 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Philosophy, theology and the sciences
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/ptsc-2021-0003 |