Creatures Bound for Glory: Biotechnological Enhancement and Visions of Human Flourishing
The human enhancement debate is fundamentally based on divergent ideals of human flourishing. Using the complementary, though often contrasting, foci of creaturehood and deification as fundamental to the good life, we examine these visions of human flourishing inherent in transhumanist, secular huma...
| Authors: | ; |
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
[2019]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Ano: 2019, Volume: 32, Número: 2, Páginas: 241-253 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | NBE Antropologia NCJ Ética da ciência |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Human Enhancement
B Transhumanism B Flourishing B critical posthumanism B Secular Humanism B human malleability |
| Acesso em linha: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Resumo: | The human enhancement debate is fundamentally based on divergent ideals of human flourishing. Using the complementary, though often contrasting, foci of creaturehood and deification as fundamental to the good life, we examine these visions of human flourishing inherent in transhumanist, secular humanist and critical posthumanist positions on human enhancement. We argue that the theological anthropologies that respond to human enhancement and these other ideologies tend to emphasise either creaturehood or deification to the neglect or detriment of the other. We propose in response that understanding humans as creatures bound for glory integrates both dimensions of the human being into the one grand vision of flourishing God has for humanity. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946819827141 |
