The Transhumanist Point of View to the Evolutionary Indifference to Pain and Suffering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21245057 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paweł Orzeł (0000-0002-3268-959X, Nicolaus Copernicus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 249-267 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scientia et Fides (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2353-5636 • E-ISSN: 2300-7648 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.12775/setf.2024.012 |
| OpenAlex | W4394614753 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The text presents a transhumanist point of view on evolution. It focuses on the lack of clear and obvious evolutionary solutions to the issue of involuntary suffering. It poses difficult questions about the possibility of enhencement of human nature and respecting the laws of evolution. It reflects on the positive role of pain for the development of individual people and the entire human species. It considers the thesis that perhaps evolution “needs” pain for proper human development. It asks whether the transition to a higher than evolutionary stage of human development, as proposed by transhumanists, will not lead to the extinction of our species? After all, it relates all this mosaic of thoughts and theories to God, who can be the answer to many posed questions
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Sociology · Mathematics · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |