Document Detail


Transhumanism, metaphysics, and the posthuman god.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21088098     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
After describing Heidegger's critique of metaphysics as ontotheology, I unpack the metaphysical assumptions of several transhumanist philosophers. I claim that they deploy an ontology of power and that they also deploy a kind of theology, as Heidegger meant it. I also describe the way in which this metaphysics begets its own politics and ethics. In order to transcend the human condition, they must transgress the human.
Authors:
Jeffrey P Bishop
Related Documents :
21691688 - Ethical standards adopted by brazilian journals of medical specialties.
19340608 - Forbidding science: some beginning reflections.
19077128 - Life-centered ethics, and the human future in space.
9048158 - A copernican revolution in clinical ethics: engagement versus disengagement.
18692378 - Armillaria paulensis: a new south american species.
21472478 - The generalized polymorphous concept account of graded structure in abstract categories.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of medicine and philosophy     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1744-5019     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Philos     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7610512     Medline TA:  J Med Philos     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  700-20     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. jbisho12@slu.edu
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  The content of talk about health conditions and medications during appointments involving interprete...
Next Document:  The McDonaldization of childhood: children's mental health in neo-liberal market cultures.