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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
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| author | Eduardo R Cruz |
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| contents | Giving Birth, Transhumanism and Human Nature Eduardo R Cruz Filosofía Birth Natality Evolution Human nature Transhumanism Philosopher Fiona Wollard recently advocated interpreting the achievements of women while giving birth. People readily recognize men-related achievements, like running a marathon, but not achievements related to giving birth. We expand on Woollard's notion of reproductive achievements, comparing them with ideas of human enhancement, which aims at humans becoming "stronger and faster". Criticisms to evolutionary psychology challenge its defense of a notion of a fixed human nature, and its disregard for the experience of birth. Some female scholars link human evolution to the presence of premature infants requiring attention from mothers and alloparents. They explain why this gave an advantage to the human species, enhancing cooperation and other desirable traits. Other scholars develop philosophies of birth, mostly based on Arendt's conception of natality, questioning a human nature not sensitive to gender, excluding birth and childhood. Then we move to transhumanism, proponent of human enhancement. Transhumanism questions our biological inheritance for being flawed and outdated, including giving birth, restricting this to a source of great suffering. This assessment of the given does not consider its ambiguous, dialectical character. Because of that, tinkering with nature both accomplishes and frustrates the goals of human enhancement. 2021 artículo científico 2965-1557 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=673373992005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/673373992005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/movil https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.33.059.AO05 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6733 Revista de Filosofía Aurora application/pdf Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná Revista de Filosofía Aurora (Brasil) Num.59 Vol.33 |
| format | Artículo científico |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná |
| spellingShingle | Giving Birth, Transhumanism and Human Nature Eduardo R Cruz Filosofía Birth Natality Evolution Human nature Transhumanism Giving Birth, Transhumanism and Human Nature Eduardo R Cruz Filosofía Birth Natality Evolution Human nature Transhumanism Philosopher Fiona Wollard recently advocated interpreting the achievements of women while giving birth. People readily recognize men-related achievements, like running a marathon, but not achievements related to giving birth. We expand on Woollard's notion of reproductive achievements, comparing them with ideas of human enhancement, which aims at humans becoming "stronger and faster". Criticisms to evolutionary psychology challenge its defense of a notion of a fixed human nature, and its disregard for the experience of birth. Some female scholars link human evolution to the presence of premature infants requiring attention from mothers and alloparents. They explain why this gave an advantage to the human species, enhancing cooperation and other desirable traits. Other scholars develop philosophies of birth, mostly based on Arendt's conception of natality, questioning a human nature not sensitive to gender, excluding birth and childhood. Then we move to transhumanism, proponent of human enhancement. Transhumanism questions our biological inheritance for being flawed and outdated, including giving birth, restricting this to a source of great suffering. This assessment of the given does not consider its ambiguous, dialectical character. Because of that, tinkering with nature both accomplishes and frustrates the goals of human enhancement. 2021 artículo científico 2965-1557 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=673373992005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/673373992005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/movil https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.33.059.AO05 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6733 Revista de Filosofía Aurora application/pdf Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná Revista de Filosofía Aurora (Brasil) Num.59 Vol.33 |
| title | Giving Birth, Transhumanism and Human Nature |
| topic | Filosofía Birth Natality Evolution Human nature Transhumanism |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=673373992005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/673373992005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6733/673373992005/movil https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.33.059.AO05 |