tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post6514219201605250316..comments2023-10-26T10:01:59.428-05:00Comments on Bioethics: The Future of Human Nature - Nick C. - Pt. 1Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post-73156951828962479242017-04-27T10:34:27.833-05:002017-04-27T10:34:27.833-05:00It all comes back to the old "man vs. nature&...It all comes back to the old "man vs. nature" trope we were all (I think) introduced to back in grade school, the idea that humans are pitted against the world in a life-or-death struggle we can only win by subduing and remaking a hostile environment. If Habermas is saying we need to reframe our relation to nature as an internal and self-identical form of symbiosis rather than a confrontation, I agree. The most practical attitude is also the most survivable. We don't have to renounce technology or retreat to pure theoretical detachment, we just have to know ourselves as nature's own knowers.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.com