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A Discussion of the Change of the Relationship between Technology and Humanity and the Christian Social-Ethical Human Resposponsibility in Posthuman Era: Focused on Hefner’s Notion of “Imago Dei” and the Criticism of Posthuman Thoughts

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2021, (49), pp.305-336
  • DOI : 10.21050/CSE.2021.49.10
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : February 26, 2021
  • Accepted : April 21, 2021
  • Published : April 30, 2021

Ahn,Taekyun 1

1서울장신대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between human and technology in the posthuman era. Recognizing the problem with conventional negative perception and examining the positive posthuman thoughts on technol- ogy, both from a Christian perspective, imago dei found a theological alternative to these views. As a result, transhumanism, which pursues immortality beyond human limits through the development of technology, revealed the problem of anthropocentrism and rejection of human finiteness. Although human finiteness is recognized, critical humanism, which identifies cyborg beyond the boundary between human and technology and seeks to establish embodied subjectivity with everything, revealed problems in ambiguity of the subjective role of humans. It also revealed that we are unable to harmonize individuals and groups to connect with social and political reality, despite their respective merits. In or- der to overcome this, Hefner’s concept about imago dei was introduced, and consequently, it was proved that it is an idea that shows the relationship between God, the ecosystem and technology well. I came to a conclusion that humans have to fulfill our socio-ethical responsibility to realize God’s good will through a right relationship with technology and caring for creation was a mission given by God the creator.

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