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Redefining the Boundaries of Humanity and the Human Body: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Technicus

Redefining the Boundaries of Humanity and the Human Body: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Technicus

José M. Galván, Rocci Luppicini
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781466661226|ISBN10: 1466661224|EISBN13: 9781466661233
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6122-6.ch001
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Galván, José M., and Rocci Luppicini. "Redefining the Boundaries of Humanity and the Human Body: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Technicus." Evolving Issues Surrounding Technoethics and Society in the Digital Age, edited by Rocci Luppicini, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6122-6.ch001

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Galván, J. M. & Luppicini, R. (2014). Redefining the Boundaries of Humanity and the Human Body: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Technicus. In R. Luppicini (Ed.), Evolving Issues Surrounding Technoethics and Society in the Digital Age (pp. 1-10). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6122-6.ch001

Chicago

Galván, José M., and Rocci Luppicini. "Redefining the Boundaries of Humanity and the Human Body: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Technicus." In Evolving Issues Surrounding Technoethics and Society in the Digital Age, edited by Rocci Luppicini, 1-10. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6122-6.ch001

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Abstract

What are the boundaries of humanity and the human body within our evolving technological society? Within the field of technoethics, inquiry into the origins of the species is both a biological and ethical question as scholars attempt to grapple with conflicting views of what it means to be human and what attributes are core to human beings within the era of human enhancement technologies. Based on a historical and conceptual analysis, this chapter uses a technoethical lens to discuss defining characteristics of the human species as homo technicus. Under this framework, both symbolic capacity and technical ability are assumed to be grounded within the free and ethical nature of human beings. Ideas derived from Modernity and Postmodernity are drawn upon to provide a more encompassing view of humans that accommodates both its technical and ethical dimensions as homo technicus.

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