Open AccessTHE CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES, HUMAN REPRODUCTION AND NATURAL LAW: THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRANSHUMANISM
Author(s) -
Олег Юрьевич Рыбаков,
Олег Юрьевич Рыбаков,
Sophia V. Tikhonova,
Sofya V Tikhonova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vestnik kemerovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. seriâ: gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9145
pISSN - 2542-1840
DOI - 10.21603/2542-1840-2017-2-100-105
Subject(s) - transhumanism , reproduction , natural law , reproductive technology , dialectic , natural (archaeology) , environmental ethics , happiness , law and economics , convergence (economics) , universal law , sociology , law , technological convergence , epistemology , political science , economics , computer science , philosophy , biology , ecology , embryo , paleontology , economic growth , embryogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , operating system
The article deals with analysis of transhumanist prospects for the philosophy of law. Modern transhumanists consider morphological freedom as a concept, revealing the natural right to happiness. The authors take this idea as a starting point and consider the logic of the convergent biotechnology development. They believe that the extension of natural law has the character of a dialectical strategy of assumptions and tactics of the local bans in the sphere of human reproduction. This situation is typical of biomedical technology in general. The legislator authorizes a technology by endorsing forms of reproductive relationships and blocking technologies that support immoral forms. As a result, it gradually enhances understanding of how technology must be applied to ensure the human natural rights. Convergence of technologies makes real a hypothetical design of rights to reproduction, while the conflict of morality and the imperatives of technological development can be resolved from the standpoint of the primacy of natural law.