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2022 | 17 | 1(31) | 61-72

Article title

Remaining human in a transhumanist world

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PL
Pozostać człowiekiem w transhumanistycznym świecie

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PL
Biorąc pod uwagę, że transhumanistyczna wizja świata jest często przedstawiana jako pożądana dla ludzi i optymistycznie utopijna, celem artykułu jest zbadanie jednej z takich wizji, wyobrażonej przez Scotta Westerfelda w duologii Succession, aby sprawdzić, czy taki utopijny model nie zagraża przetrwaniu ludzkości. Unikając zwykłych, stricte dystopijnych i alarmistycznych scenariuszy, postmortalny i ekstropijny świat Westerfelda jest pełen wyzwań dla transhumanistycznych idei i pobudza do refleksji nad rzeczywistymi podstawami, na których miałaby się opierać przyszła komunikacja i współpraca, oraz nad granicami ulepszeń, których nie należy przekraczać, by uniknąć dehumanizacji.
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Given that the transhumanist vision of the world is frequently painted as desirable for people and optimistically utopian, the article’s aim is to investigate one of such visions, imagined by Scott Westerfeld in The Succession duology to see if such a utopian model accounts for the necessity of the survival of humanity. While avoiding the usual strictly dystopian and alarmist scenarios, Westerfeld’s postmortal and extropian world is rife with challenges to the transhumanist ideas, asking about the actual grounds on which future communication and cooperation would be based, and the limits of enhancement that need to be drawn not to lead to dehumanization.

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17

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61-72

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2022

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  • Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Faculty of Education, Poland

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki
2137638

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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_14746_TIM_2022_31_1_5
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