Nature of man, enhancement

Autor se v článku pokouší sledovat míru biologické podmíněnosti lidské povahy a navrhnout způsob, jak se z ní vymanit.

A condition of moral conduct is the freedom. This phenomenon is one of the key features of human nature. But if we are really free, then there is an endless range of possibilities which we can essentially achieve. However we are aware of the fact that human beings are sometimes cruelly limited in their desires. Philosophers concluded that man is free only in thought. In the 21st century we are beginning to realize that we can do much more than only think rightly. Science with its biotechnologies gives us a powerful weapon against erstwhile necessity. In this text I assert we are not only free to transform ourselves but we are even forced to try to escape from the constrictions of our biological situation which makes impossible to carry out some ideas that our civilisation postulated. If we want to remain human, we have no possibility than get away from biological determinations which urges us to cause the suffering to many sensitive beings.