Publication: La crítica de Nicholas Agar a los programas de mejora radical en humanos
Authors
Moreno Muñoz, Miguel
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Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0746-9587
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
El propósito de este trabajo es mostrar
el interés y la utilidad del análisis de las tecnologías de mejora funcional y cognitiva en humanos
que desarrolla Nicholas Agar en sus obras Liberal Eugenics (2004) y Humanity’s End (2010).
Además de constatar la evolución en diversos
aspectos que parecen haber condicionado la percepción pública y el debate social en línea con sus
intuiciones en estas obras, mi aproximación destaca varios puntos fuertes que refuerzan la calidad del enfoque prospectivo de Agar en relación
con las biotecnologías reproductivas, frente a las
propuestas surgidas de autores a menudo caracterizados como bioconservadores. Los apartados
finales aportan elementos adicionales para considerar el análisis de Agar preferible al que llevan
a cabo otro grupo de autores que comparten con
Agar cierto optimismo pragmático, pero que articulan reflexiones muy dispares y menos cautelosas sobre los riesgos de la inteligencia artificial, la
robótica y la biónica.
The purpose of this paper is to show the interest and usefulness of Nicholas Agar’s analysis of technologies for functional and cognitive enhancement, developed in Liberal Eugenics (2004) and Humanity’s End (2010). In addition to note the evolution in some aspects which seem to have influenced the public perception and social debate according to Agar’s intuitions in these works, my approach highlights several strengths associated with his prospective regarding reproductive biotechnologies, in contrast with some proposals from authors often characterized as bioconservatives. The final sections provide additional elements to consider Agar’s analysis preferable to some authors in some way very close to Agar’s pragmatic optimism, but less cautious about the risks of artificial intelligence, robotics and bionics.
The purpose of this paper is to show the interest and usefulness of Nicholas Agar’s analysis of technologies for functional and cognitive enhancement, developed in Liberal Eugenics (2004) and Humanity’s End (2010). In addition to note the evolution in some aspects which seem to have influenced the public perception and social debate according to Agar’s intuitions in these works, my approach highlights several strengths associated with his prospective regarding reproductive biotechnologies, in contrast with some proposals from authors often characterized as bioconservatives. The final sections provide additional elements to consider Agar’s analysis preferable to some authors in some way very close to Agar’s pragmatic optimism, but less cautious about the risks of artificial intelligence, robotics and bionics.
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Daimon. Revista Internacional de Filosofía, 2016, Suplemento 5, pp. 467-477
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