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Edited book | Paradeigmata voluntatis 2
Chapter | Humanisme et volontarisme : la question de la singularité du genre humain
Humanisme et volontarisme : la question de la singularité du genre humain
Abstract
This paper sets out to consider the conditions under which humanist thought, which makes dignity the essence of man and elevates him above other forms of life, can emancipate itself from the fixist paradigm of ‘human nature’ and be reconciled with a voluntarist doctrine. Can a thesis that posits man’s infinite freedom as his most distinctive feature constitute a consistent humanism? The current development of transhumanism and antispeciesism seems to show that, by challenging human privilege on the one hand, and by the desire to modify man on the other, making man a free being leads to criticism a humanism that is seen as both discriminatory and anti-progressive. On the contrary, the aim here is to show that, on the one hand, the Greek naturalist motif does not rule out the fact that man has an existential opening. On the other hand, modern voluntarism, which is most clearly expressed in Descartes’ philosophy, does not necessarily lead to anti-humanism. The Cartesian authorship of transhumanism will therefore be called into quest.
Submitted: Sept. 10, 2024 | Accepted: Oct. 1, 2024 | Published March 13, 2025 | Language: fr
Keywords Stupidity • Zôè • Transhumanism • Bios • Humanism • Will • General • Life • Descartes • Antispeciesism
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