Transhumanism: from Julian Huxley to UNESCO

Q4 Medicine

Jahr Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI:10.21860/j.12.1.8

C. Byk

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Abstract

Julian Huxley, founder and the first Director-General of UNESCO, is at the heart of contemporary debates on the nature and objectives of the concept of transhumanism, which he first used in the early 1950s. Therefore, the analysis of his idea of transhumanism - a tool to improve the quality of life and the condition of man - should lead us to question his heritage in terms of philosophy that inspires UNESCO’s action as it seeks to build a comprehensive approach to artificial intelligence that takes into account, among other things, the values and principles of universal ethics and aims to derive the best from the use of this technology. This title where the British biologist, the elder brother of the famous science fiction writer, Aldous Huxley, author of the Brave New World, coexists with the United Nations Organization in charge of Education of Science and Culture is obvious for those who know the history of this international organization or who like radio games: Julian Huxley was appointed as the first Director-General of UNESCO in 1946. But, beyond this evidence, there is a deeper link that highlights the history of the renewal of the idea of transhumanism (I) and questions about the role that UNESCO has, among the other international organizations (II).

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超人类主义:从朱利安·赫胥黎到联合国教科文组织

联合国教科文组织创始人兼首任总干事朱利安·赫胥黎(Julian Huxley)在当代关于超人类主义概念的性质和目标的辩论中处于核心地位，他在20世纪50年代初首次使用了超人类主义概念。因此，分析他的超人类主义思想——一种改善生活质量和人类状况的工具——应该让我们质疑他的哲学遗产，这种哲学遗产激励教科文组织采取行动，寻求建立一种全面的人工智能方法，除其他外，考虑到普遍伦理的价值观和原则，并旨在从这项技术的使用中获得最佳效果。英国生物学家，著名科幻作家奥尔德斯·赫胥黎的哥哥，《美丽新世界》的作者，与联合国组织共同负责科学和文化教育的头衔，对于了解这个国际组织的历史或喜欢广播游戏的人来说是显而易见的:朱利安·赫胥黎于1946年被任命为联合国教科文组织的第一任总干事。但是，除了这些证据之外，还有一个更深层次的联系，突出了超人类主义思想的复兴历史(1)和关于联合国教科文组织在其他国际组织中所起作用的问题(2)。

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Jahr Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)

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0.60

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： JAHR – EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS is a journal that deals with a wide range of bioethical topics. The aim of the Editorial Board is to publish articles related to bioethics in social sciences (sociology, psychology, law, political science, information and communication sciences, pedagogy, education and rehabilitation sciences, speech-language pathology, kinesiology, demography, social activities, security and defence sciences, economics), humanities (philosophy, theology, philology, history, art history, archaeology, ethnology and anthropology, religious sciences), biomedical (medicine, public health, veterinary medicine, dentistry and pharmacology), but also in other sciences. The journal is published twice a year.