Teologická antropologie v době biotechnologického boomu
Human 2.0? Theological anthropology in the times of bio-technological boom The ques-tion of human being is inevitable, yet the answer was and is always particular. Beyond that, the problem of the dominating concept of human being – the bio-technological concept, which has its roots in anthropologica...
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| Published in: | Teologická reflexe Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 137 - 150 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-11-2021
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| Summary: | Human 2.0? Theological anthropology in the times of bio-technological boom The ques-tion of human being is inevitable, yet the answer was and is always particular. Beyond that, the problem of the dominating concept of human being – the bio-technological concept, which has its roots in anthropological optimism of the Enlightenment era and which poses human being close to the model of hi-tech computers as a combination of hardware (physical body), software (mind) and wet-ware (brain) and which, at least in the transhumanist line of thought, aims to overcoming of current humanity toward a human 2.0 – is that it is anthropologically reductive. Theological anthropology reminds here of the constitutive vertical dimension of human being and, against the bio-technological concept of humans, it puts the concept of human being in 3D: in the triple irreducible relations to God, others and oneself, which are constituted in God’s relation to humans (infinitum capax finiti). The bio-technological dimension of our existence thus can help a lot, but it cannot be the dominating model. It cannot overshadow the basic theological purpose of human being: to be the place of God’s presence for others. |
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| ISSN: | 2788-0796 1211-1872 |
| DOI: | 10.14712/27880796.2021.2.9 |