Leo PESSINI

Original title: Bioética, Humanismo e Pós-Humanismo no Século XXI: Em Busca de um Novo Ser?

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Keywords: Bioethics, Humanism, Illuminism, Post-Humanism, Transhumanism.

This paper describes the historical and ideological origins of Transhumanism, heir to the Illuminist Ideology. Within a dialectical analysis, positive and negative aspects of Transhumanism are approached, engaging the historical experience within ethical, philosophical, and cultural fields of study within the Western societies.