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Bernard Stiegler’s contributions to political philosophy in the presence of technology are honored and complemented by imagining an encounter with the thought of Leo Strauss. The concept of ... mutually reinforcing, and that the political philosophy of Strauss can help us appreciate this happening. Engineering and technology are not simply instruments available for use by the nation-state; they are
raises ontological questions about evolution, nature, and wilderness. The transformative promises and perils of gene drives also raise pressing ethical and political concerns. The aim of this article is to ... . Bovenkerk · D. Ludwig Philosophy , Innovation, Communication, and Education , Wageningen University , Wageningen , the Netherlands Gene drives are potentially ontologically and morally disruptive
Simons visited BrisSynBio for a research stay in 2018 3 D. Meacham ( 4 Dept. of Philosophy, Maastricht University , 90-92 Grote Gracht, 6211SZ Maastricht , Netherlands 5 M. Prado Casanova Dept. Health and ... attraction of philosophy to “synthetic biology” starts already with the difficulty in defining synthetic biology or identifying clearly its origins (see [1] for a discussion of this from a molecular biology
of limited approaches to political philosophy and technology. As Mitcham pointed out in personal communication, which also forms the basis for this brief summary of the event, he hopes this special ... concerning the history of the philosophy of technology and science in China, but also an impressive look far back into the twentieth century, and testament to the profoundly international character of the
Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine or the Mind & Life Institute (MLI) which organizes meetings between the Dalai Lama and scientists on science and Buddhist philosophy and meditation ... and Buddhist transhumanism referring to Western3 and Buddhist4 approaches in philosophy. 1 The philosophical differentiation of the aims of transhumanism, techno-posthumanism and critical posthumanism
. This paper discusses the topic rarely discussed in the literature on the philosophy and ethics of space missions — the moral status of modifying future children on Earth for their participation in space ... missions. Thus, it adds to the growing literature in the philosophy, ethics, and bioethics of space mission exploration on the issue of human reproduction in space. Continuing with the problems discussed in
of health should be included in the discussion to be carried out within the framework of socio-political analyses with culture-specific approaches and cross-culture boundaries simultaneously. ... as follows: “[R]elating to race, ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance and dressing, membership of an association, foundation or trade
Department of Philosophy and Educational Science, University of Turin , Turin , Italy 2 S. Umbrello Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research , Bolzano , Italy 3 S. Umbrello Department of Values ... the other hand, the problem of the (bio)genetic enhancement project is not so much political but rather moral, as any project of redesign (of human beings) would have negative 2 For Habermas, the
guideline specifying how to deal with certain types of scientific uncertainty. In this contribution, this approach to the precautionary principle is explicated with the help of concepts from the philosophy of ... practical decision-making.7 A Science-based Principle To clarify the meaning of such, science-based, precaution, we can use a simple model from the philosophy of science, which shows how scientific data is
Synthetic biology may be an important source of progress as well as societal and political conflict. Against this backdrop, several technology assessment organizations have been seeking to contribute ... timely societal and political opinion-making on synthetic biology. The Rathenau Instituut, based in the Netherlands, is one of these organizations. In 2011, the institute organized a 'Meeting of Young
worthy of ethical examination [ 1, 2 ]. Examination of specific uses of technologies has been the focus, particularly in analytic philosophy. A common topic is privacy and its erosion through the use of ... determine what is counted as a good life or human flourishing. Here the ethics of technology merges with the philosophy of technology more generally. We will explore this further through a discussion of the
solving tasks, i.e., functional control over the labour process. This claim is congruent with an established usage of the word “autonomy” in political philosophy, harking back to Rousseau and Kant [ 24 ... underlies the notion of “autonomy” in the political philosophy tradition [ 25 ]. We hope to sidestep this line of critique by drawing on the concept as it has been developed in the specific context of
theories are bringing critical thinking, both to transhumanism and to posthumanism by developing a ‘weak transhumanism’ and a ‘weak posthumanism’ philosophy (i.e., metahumanism). His metahumanist philosophy
. Boersma ( 1 B. Bovenkerk · D. Ludwig Philosophy , Innovation, Communication, and Education , Wageningen University , Wageningen , the Netherlands - Following the publication of the original article [ 1
-scientific production and experimentation, those visions turn out to be rather frail and by no means “in place” yet. Care robots are a good example here. Contemporary political and scientific discourses are ... available for one another. Two observations are striking here: the ubiquitous rationalities of interconnectability as well as the corresponding projects of interfacing which pervade contemporary political
of Medical Ethics, Institute of Philosophy, FernUniversität in Hagen , Universitätsstraße 33, 58097 Hagen , Germany Social robots are designed to perform intelligent, emotional, and autonomous ... and reason. In current debates in the "philosophy of emotions,” however, the relationship between rationality and emotions is being reconceptualized. Two lines of thinking can be distinguished here
not be necessary. For a better understanding of Safe-by-Design, we will focus on an assessment of ‘safety’. In the philosophy of technology, safety is often defined as being ‘concerned with avoiding ... need virtuous characters, and to see care as a primary virtue related to a host of other virtues [ 36 ]. Hence, our social, personal, and political life — including the technologies that are or will
from these traditions in recent and current theories and practices in STS, which also make it appear to be appropriate to revisit the classics of dialectic philosophy [ 1 ]. On the other hand, Marxist ... are not even near to any vision of automation and are still waiting for their full integration into capitalism— albeit with considerable political and social resistance—, he was right about these two
. These are ontological and ethical questions, respectively. As the title indicates, I address both from a broadly neo-Aristotelian perspective, i.e. a teleological philosophy of life and virtue ethics. For ... that stands opposed to due appreciation of the giftedness of life. KeywordsSynthetic biology Virtue ethics Aristotle Teleology Philosophy of technology Hans Jonas The Bifurcation of Nature
sed issue in a context of Polish belonging to European Union. For those countries are a reference model of enhancing female participation in political structures. Participation, understood as an
