Konrad Szocik
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 229192 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Konrad Szocik |
| PRENOMES | Konrad |
| SOBRENOME | Szocik |
| ASSINATURA | SZOCIK K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7262-3915 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Taking the Right to Die Seriously
This article offers a Hohfeldian analysis of the right to die and asks what follows, normatively and institutionally, once the relevant incidents are distinguished. It argues that debates about assisted dying frequently conflate four questions: whether choosing death is morally permitted (licence), whether others must not interfere with that choice (negative claim-right), whether a valid request can alter others' normative situation (normative po…
Why Antinatalism and Procreative Beneficence Do Not Mix
The subject of this article is a critical examination of Marcus T. L. Teo's attempt to apply antinatalism to the domain of procreative ethics. Teo argues that antinatalism supports the Principle of Procreative Beneficence (PPB). In this article, we demonstrate several reasons why this is untenable. PPB is a fundamentally pronatalist principle, bearing no substantive connection to antinatalist philosophy. Moreover, the range of potential suffering…
Technologized Reproduction in Space
With the increasing feasibility of space colonization, the issue of reproduction in space is becoming more relevant. As new settlements on the Moon, Mars, and other celestial bodies emerge, ensuring generational continuity will be essential for the survival and growth of these communities. The challenges of space living, such as extreme environmental conditions and limited resources, raise critical questions about the practicality and morality of…
Bioethics of Space Exploration
Future Global Risks, Space Settlement and Antinatalism. Will Future Space Exploration Exacerbate Social Exclusion
The concept of space settlement is often embraced for granted as the only ultimate way to save humanity in the face of future global cataclysm. This vision seems to overlook the difficulties associated with survival in space. In the paper, these difficulties and the resulting expected poor quality of life in a space base become the starting point for adopting a philosophy of antinatalism. If we expect the quality of life in space to be low, it ma…
Why police robots will not become human-like
Recent advances in robotics and machine learning have revived the idea of police robots – machines that could patrol public spaces, conduct traffic stops, and interact with citizens with near-human competence. Proponents emphasize potential gains in officer safety, operational efficiency, and consistent rule enforcement, and international policy discussions increasingly treat AI and robotics for law enforcement as an emerging reality rather than …
Overshoot and procreative ethics
The Paradox of Sentient Life as an Irrational Consequence of Pronatalist Ethics
The ethically reflective assessment of life reveals a paradox. On the one hand, many people regard life as one of the highest values and celebrate each new life. On the other hand, every sentient life is inevitably exposed to suffering. Why, then, do we usually consider sentient life worth starting, despite the fact that, apart from a relatively small group of antinatalists, this judgment is rarely questioned? In this article, I argue that sentie…
To never exist is always best. A critique of the metaphysics of pronatalism in contemporary bioethics
The subject of this paper is a critique of the pronatalist metaphysics that underlies bioethics and shapes the thinking and discourse on reproductive rights. The point of reference is the philosophy of antinatalism presented by Marcus T. L. Teo. Seemingly arguing in favor of antinatalism, Teo mixes antinatalist concepts with pronatalist intuitions. The consequence of combining the impossible is the restoration of negative eugenics on the one hand…
Why Do We Need Antinatalist Medicine
The bioethics of biomodification for the future of space exploration
Between Indispensable Epistemic Utility and Political Harm
Religion still has a great potential and perhaps even a monopoly on explaining life in terms of meaning and significance. In this paper, we argue that neither the development of science nor scientism poses a threat to religion. We suggest, however, that the political entanglement of religion may be a threat. In this paper, we discuss the paradoxical situation in which the political harm of religion is inextricably linked to its beneficial potenti…
SDG 18 for sustainable space exploration
The aim of this study is to fill out the gap that exists in the literature by discussing the main problems and barriers to sustainable development in space and the initial proposal to adopt SDG 18. Despite the fact that the subject of the sustainable development of space is little researched, it seems that in order to be able to properly prepare for it, a broader debate on this subject should now be undertaken. This is due to the fact that this i…
Why it is rational to expect the horrible – The future of humanity and climate change
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Climate change and anti-natalism
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The Bioethics of Space Exploration
Human exploration of space contains many ethical challenges. Future long-term space missions will generate specific problems and place new demands on humanity. One of them is the concept of human enhancement, primarily through gene editing, for the implementation of long-term space missions. This book hypothesizes that large-scale application of human enhancement may be necessary to enable space exploration and exploitation. The book discusses th…
Moral Bioenhancement for Space
The idea of moral bioenhancement has been discussed in recent years by ethicists and philosophers. While such discussion covers many different issues on Earth, they have not yet been considered in the context of future human space missions. In this paper, we discuss the bioethics of biomedical moral enhancement for space whether it is possible, probable, and preferable. We show that the ethical context of moral bioenhancement for space differs fr…
Ethical, Legal and Political Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
Almost no one today doubts that AI systems will increasingly affect our lives in the near future. Growing interactions of humans with non-human intelligent systems are both a source of threats and a source of hopes. In this paper, some ethical challenges in the development and application of weak and strong AI systems are analyzed. Then, legal challenges that appear when legislators attempt to regulate uncertain and unpredictable phenomena such a…
The Limits of Antiatheist Prejudice
People tend to perceive atheists as being immoral. We tested whether this perception also applies to moral transgressions against animals. Study 1 ( N = 288) and Study 2 ( N = 306, pre-registered) utilized a conjunction fallacy paradigm to show that people attributed harming animals most frequently to criminals, then to God-believers, and least often to nonbelievers. Study 3 ( N = 248, pre-registered) used a job-choice paradigm and found that peo…
Why moral bioenhancement in future space missions may not be a good idea
Why space exploitation may provide sustainable development
Space not for everyone
The subject of this paper is a continuation of the discussion initiated by Milan M. Ćirković. Ćirković criticized a number of arguments skeptical of the idea of space settlement. However, he omitted arguments referring to social justice and equal access, which, as this paper tries to show, are arguably the most serious skeptical remarks against the idea of space colonization. The paper emphasizes that both space exploration and, ultimately, poten…
Bioethics of Space Exploration
Conceptual Issues in Covid-19 Pandemic
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Space bioethics
Space philosophy offers rich insights in the future and is already well‐developed new branch of philosophy. However, space philosophers still do not pay much attention to a number of bioethical issues that may occur in space. This paper aims to introduce space bioethics, as a new branch in space philosophy, space ethics and space policy, to the philosophical and bioethical discourse. The basic issues discussed in space bioethics include—but are n…
Should and could humans go to Mars? Yes, but not now and not in the near future
Biological and social challenges of human reproduction in a long-term Mars base
Why space exploitation may provide sustainable development
Future space missions and human enhancement
Future human space missions to Mars and beyond may be realized for different research, economic, political or survival reasons. Since space remains a hazardous environment for humans, space exploration and exploitation requires the development and deployment of effective countermeasures. In this paper, we discuss prospects for human enhancement by gene editing, synthetic biology, or implants, for the purposes of future space missions. We argue th…
Ethical issues of human enhancements for space missions to Mars and beyond
Visions of a Martian future
The Limits of Antiatheist Prejudice
People tend to perceive atheists as being immoral. We tested whether this perception also applies to moral transgressions against animals. Study 1 ( N = 288) and Study 2 ( N = 306, pre-registered) utilized a conjunction fallacy paradigm to show that people attributed harming animals most frequently to criminals, then to God-believers, and least often to nonbelievers. Study 3 ( N = 248, pre-registered) used a job-choice paradigm and found that peo…
Why it is rational to expect the horrible – The future of humanity and climate change
Publisher Copyright: © 2024 South African Journal of Philosophy
Why moral bioenhancement in future space missions may not be a good idea
Space not for everyone
The subject of this paper is a continuation of the discussion initiated by Milan M. Ćirković. Ćirković criticized a number of arguments skeptical of the idea of space settlement. However, he omitted arguments referring to social justice and equal access, which, as this paper tries to show, are arguably the most serious skeptical remarks against the idea of space colonization. The paper emphasizes that both space exploration and, ultimately, poten…
Religious-And Other Beliefs
The scientific study of beliefs, including religious beliefs, is thriving. The focus of this research is broad, but notably includes attempts at classifying different kinds of beliefs and their contrasting traits. Religious beliefs appear as more or less specific depending on chosen approaches and criteria. This paper intends to bring the discussion to a different level applying two strategies that yield a similar result. The first tries to refra…
What is Right and What is Wrong in the Darwinian Approach to the Study of Religion
One of the greatest challenges for the study of cultural evolution is an explanation of processes and mechanisms of transmission of cultural traits. Darwinian approach is a promising and useful research program. However, it is worth to ask in what extent Darwinian account can provide appropriate and reliable explanation for origin and transmission of religious components. We can look for biological benefits provided by religious affiliation when …
Human enhancement in space missions
The Attitude of the Catholic Church toward the Jews
The practice of imprisoning Jews in ghettos and marking them out with special signs (as was introduced by Pius vi in the Papal States, inter alia , in 1775) is associated more with the Nazism of the Third Reich than with the Roman Catholic Church. Nevertheless, the Church maintained its policy of perfidis Judaeis until the beginning of the 1960s, when it was stopped by Vatican ii , probably because of the pressure of social and political factors.…
Fashion effects
The article discusses the existence of free will in the free market. The purpose of this article is to show how the free market restricts free will through the fashion effect and how an illusion of freedom is created. The article puts forward a hypothesis, which says that the market, especially the theoretical concept of the free market, limits free will. However, it gives a sense of freedom, which is a delusion. The authors see and describe an e…
Biological and social challenges of human reproduction in a long-term Mars base
What is Right and What is Wrong in the Darwinian Approach to the Study of Religion
One of the greatest challenges for the study of cultural evolution is an explanation of processes and mechanisms of transmission of cultural traits. Darwinian approach is a promising and useful research program. However, it is worth to ask in what extent Darwinian account can provide appropriate and reliable explanation for origin and transmission of religious components. We can look for biological benefits provided by religious affiliation when …
Human enhancement in space missions
Should and could humans go to Mars? Yes, but not now and not in the near future
The revelation of superintelligence
The idea of superintelligence is a source of mainly philosophical and ethical considerations. Those considerations are rooted in the idea that an entity which is more intelligent than humans, may evolve in some point in the future. For obvious reasons, the superintelligence is considered as a kind of existential threat for humanity. In this essay, we discuss two ideas. One of them is the putative nature of future superintelligence which does not …
Sexual selection and religion
This article considers the application of sexual selection theory to the study of religion by discussing the basic concepts and theories in sexual selection and then outlines possibilities of its application to the study of the evolution of religion. The first section outlines basic principles in the sexual selection account, including the evolution of human mating strategies based on dimorphism, gender differences in human mating strategies, and…
Breaking the Spell
The scientific study of nonreligion has been described as being ‘under the spell’ of religion because the vast majority of research investigates nonbelief in respect to belief. This has resulted in a number of problematic theories, including the leading cognitive science of religion ( CSR ) theory that claims that religious belief is innate, and so to be a nonbeliever is to violate cognitive predispositions. This article critically analyzes innat…
Ethical issues of human enhancements for space missions to Mars and beyond
Visions of a Martian future
Religious-And Other Beliefs
The scientific study of beliefs, including religious beliefs, is thriving. The focus of this research is broad, but notably includes attempts at classifying different kinds of beliefs and their contrasting traits. Religious beliefs appear as more or less specific depending on chosen approaches and criteria. This paper intends to bring the discussion to a different level applying two strategies that yield a similar result. The first tries to refra…
Conceptual Issues in Covid-19 Pandemic
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Space bioethics
Space philosophy offers rich insights in the future and is already well‐developed new branch of philosophy. However, space philosophers still do not pay much attention to a number of bioethical issues that may occur in space. This paper aims to introduce space bioethics, as a new branch in space philosophy, space ethics and space policy, to the philosophical and bioethical discourse. The basic issues discussed in space bioethics include—but are n…
Democracy or what? Political system on the planet Mars after its colonization
A defense of abortion. The dark side of the right‐wing alliance with the Roman Catholic Church in Poland
Revising Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion
Future space missions and human enhancement
Future human space missions to Mars and beyond may be realized for different research, economic, political or survival reasons. Since space remains a hazardous environment for humans, space exploration and exploitation requires the development and deployment of effective countermeasures. In this paper, we discuss prospects for human enhancement by gene editing, synthetic biology, or implants, for the purposes of future space missions. We argue th…
Covid-19 pandemic and future global catastrophic risks as a challenge for health-care ethics
Purpose Current covid-19 pandemic challenges health-care ethics. Ones of the most important challenges are medical resources allocation and a duty to treat, often addressed to medical personnel. This paper suggests that there are good reasons to rethink our health-care ethics for future global catastrophic risks. Current pandemic shows how challenging can be an issue of resources allocation even in a relatively small kind of catastrophic event su…
Bioethics of Space Exploration
The Bioethics of Space Exploration
Human exploration of space contains many ethical challenges. Future long-term space missions will generate specific problems and place new demands on humanity. One of them is the concept of human enhancement, primarily through gene editing, for the implementation of long-term space missions. This book hypothesizes that large-scale application of human enhancement may be necessary to enable space exploration and exploitation. The book discusses th…
Moral Bioenhancement for Space
The idea of moral bioenhancement has been discussed in recent years by ethicists and philosophers. While such discussion covers many different issues on Earth, they have not yet been considered in the context of future human space missions. In this paper, we discuss the bioethics of biomedical moral enhancement for space whether it is possible, probable, and preferable. We show that the ethical context of moral bioenhancement for space differs fr…
Ethical, Legal and Political Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
Almost no one today doubts that AI systems will increasingly affect our lives in the near future. Growing interactions of humans with non-human intelligent systems are both a source of threats and a source of hopes. In this paper, some ethical challenges in the development and application of weak and strong AI systems are analyzed. Then, legal challenges that appear when legislators attempt to regulate uncertain and unpredictable phenomena such a…
The Limits of Antiatheist Prejudice
People tend to perceive atheists as being immoral. We tested whether this perception also applies to moral transgressions against animals. Study 1 ( N = 288) and Study 2 ( N = 306, pre-registered) utilized a conjunction fallacy paradigm to show that people attributed harming animals most frequently to criminals, then to God-believers, and least often to nonbelievers. Study 3 ( N = 248, pre-registered) used a job-choice paradigm and found that peo…
Why moral bioenhancement in future space missions may not be a good idea
Political science (21 obras) · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (19 obras) · Law (17 obras) · Computer Science (16 obras) · Philosophy (16 obras) · Epistemology (15 obras) · Sociology (15 obras) · Environmental ethics (14 obras) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (13 obras) · Psychology (12 obras)