DS20151239 ON THE FERTILITY OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF CERTAIN CURRENT MEDICAL ...

Abstract

The modern political science is constructed against the ancient political philosophy on the basis of a negation of nature. The modern humanism is constructed on the basis of controlling nature, as well as the modern political science elaborates the modern anthropology. Humans are from now on considered as rational, free and equal individuals. They are supposed to have got rid of any assumed “natural” feature. Through medically assisted procreation, the modern medecine makes as well room for an understanding of humans getting rid of “nature”. And progress generates as many unexpected difficulties as an impressive amount of solutions to already known problems. Confronting the modern medicine implicit anthropology to the ancient political philosophy one may facilitate the understanding of humans’ responsibility towards the future generations who might be concerned by the use of technologies in making them possible. In other words, the efficiency of new technologies makes people accountable for the possibilities they make room to.

KEYWORDS

Artefacts, Assisted medically procreation, Nature, Political philosophy, Responsibility, Sexuality.