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Christian Ethical Understanding of the Post-human

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2015, (33), pp.317-348
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology

Young Ho Cho 1

1안양대학교

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ABSTRACT

With the development of the human enhancement techniques, we are witnessing the arrival of a new human being, called "post-human". "Post-human" exists no longer in the human dream, but it is present. Nature of the human ability to fundamentally beyond human after human, the future of human beings have been designed by the hands of man himself. Today’s science and technology has filed on the study of humanity as well as theology, "What is human being ?" "How does human dignity is maintained " and by the "What is a valid new ethics" Post-human inspires this discussion, again, from the traditional study of humanity and theology, but it raises anew. In this paper, the ethical question of "the future of humanity" in human enhancement techniques is argued from the point of view of Christian ethics. This study delves into first what the Post-humanism is, and what claim does. Then, this discusses the criticism of the post-humanism, and the final discussion of post-humanism as it is intended to discuss the Christian ethical understanding of this issue. For these discussions, ethical theme that this study relies on is a future ethics. The responsible relationship based on being and love is proposed here as the conceptualization the future ethics.

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