Essays about: "categorical imperative"

Found 3 essays containing the words categorical imperative.

1. 1. The Dissatisfaction of Utopia in Iain M. Banks's Culture Novels

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Björn Carlsten; [2022]
   Keywords : utopia; science-fiction; Iain Banks; the Culture; teaching;

   Abstract : The Culture is a utopian civilization that features in the science-fiction novels of Iain M. Banks that has some claim to be as comprehensively satisfactory and universal in its appeal as possible. READ MORE

3. 2. The Importance of Dignity : A Kantian Perspective on Transhumanism

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Alexander Hjelm; [2018]
   Keywords : Kant; transhumanism; Dignity; enhancement; autonomy; perfectibility;

   Abstract : The transhumanist movement has been hailed as optimistic and forward thinking in itsambition to “ascend humanity beyond its biological constraints” and bring it to the next stageof evolution. However, critics such as Nicholas Le Dévédec have claimed that the movementrepresents a reversal of the Enlightenment project of autonomy, despite claims otherwise. READ MORE

4. 3. The Human Cloning Era : On the doorstep to our posthuman future

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Mattias Johansson; [2003]
   Keywords : Ethics; uman dignity; human rights; human reproductive cloning; Immanuel Kant; categorical imperative; equality; non-discrimination; eugenics; Etik;

   Abstract : Human reproductive cloning came to the public´s attention when Dolly the sheep was cloned in Scotland in 1997. This news quickly spread around the world causing both excitements at the possibilities of what cloning techniques could offer, as well as apprehension about the ethical, social and legal implications should human reproductive cloning become possible. READ MORE