Volume 70 (2015), 5

Until recently there has been a wide consensus among bioethicists about ethical demarcation line between somatic and germ-line gene interventions. From the end of the 1990s this demarcation line has started to be undermined. Recently, mitochondrial replacement techniques which cross this borderline have been legalized in Britain. In addition, new very precise gene… Čítať ďalej

The author presents the current context and key issues connected with the transhumanist idea of human enhancement. He argues that from the philosophical point of view human enhancement is the continuation of the ancient ideas of human perfection and perfectionism. These ideas, when taken in abstracto, separated from other ethical ideas such as happiness, dignity,… Čítať ďalej

Due to recent researches in modern genetics and their practical applications, we are witnesses to the change of contemporary society as well as its social and political mechanisms. The article focuses on Rabinow’s concept of biosociality as a new form of communality and creating identity. Nowadays neither ethical patterns nor social mechanisms are as well-grounded… Čítať ďalej

The paper sheds light on the idea of uploading persons. Transhumanists defend the possibility of uploading persons. However, this might lead to substantial dualism of a person and its substrate. Dualism contradicts other transhumanist philosophical presuppositions so, the transhumanist theory as a whole could be contradictory. The problem of dualism can be… Čítať ďalej

This study deals with the problem of falling of so-called old paradigm, the paradigm of multiculturalism. Firstly, we turn our attention to the actual and, surprisingly enough, political rejection of multiculturalism. Recently, many European countries have faced various problems with their integration policies. Despite the large number of studies on the race, as… Čítať ďalej