Bioethics, Humanism, and Post-Humanism in XXI Century: In Search for a New Being?
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.
Editorial: Reforming Humanity
Helio ANGOTTI NETO
Original title: Editorial: Reformando a Humanidade
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Keywords: Bioethics, Gnosticism, Transhumanism.
This volume of Mirabilia Medicinæ journal brings one of the most pressing issues in Bioethics: Transhumanism and its pretension of reforming humanity.
