Volume 69 (2014), 6

The papers ́ focus is on the idea of modern technological human enhancement, which on one side tries therapeutically to correct the biological defects of humans, and intentionally to create and enhance their abilities on the other. The issue is approached from two perspectives: ethical and biopolitical. The explorations derive from Habermas ́s analyses of ethical… Čítať ďalej

The paper explores possible changes of personal identity due to deep brain stimulation (DBS) on the background of a universal problem of combining the persistence through time with the change of an object. It is argued, that in the conception of perdurantism the problem can be resolved without the elimination of identity. Here the identity is put under threat only… Čítať ďalej

At present, the so-called “animal ethics“ is quite a standard part of bioethics. The moral dimension of humans ́ attitudes to animals became a traditional and at the same time inspiring subject in the field, though such efforts are neither new nor unique in history. Contemporary ethics is not just a theory. It is in many ways closely related to particular forms of… Čítať ďalej

Nietzsche’s famous dictum “Become what you are” is one of the most difficult aspects of his philosophy. Although Nehamas’ (2001) influential interpretation elucidates how we can understand the apparent contradiction between being and becoming inherent in it, it does so only at the price of divorcing the dictum from the larger concerns of Nietzsche’s thought.… Čítať ďalej

Reading philosophy through the figuration of the grotesque might provide us with an ontology that embraces change, fluidity, and disorder. In my estimation, such ontological framework gives rise to an epistemology that stands out for an incapacity to represent and be represented via classical tools of philosophy. I will argue that Nietzsche conceived of philosophy… Čítať ďalej