Émile P. Torres & Prof. Steve Fuller on Human Extinction & Existential Ethics w/ Luke Robert Mason
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Philosopher Dr. Émile P. Torres (@baobabmusics) & sociologist @ProfSteveFullershare their thoughts on the history of human extinction, how apocalyptic narratives inform culture, and what it means to live in the end times.
Émile P. Torres is a philosopher whose research focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity. They have published widely in the popular press and scholarly journals, with articles appearing in the Washington Post, Aeon, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Metaphilosophy, Inquiry, Erkenntnis, and Futures.
Prof. Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history and philosophy of science, he is the author of more than twenty books. From 2011 to 2014 he published three books with Palgrave on 'Humanity 2.0'. His most recent book is Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of Transhuman Era (Schwabe Verlag, 2020).
📄 Show Notes:
00:37 Defining 'Human' & 'Extinction'
01:31 Concept of Human Extinction
01:57 Evolution of Homo-Sapiens
04:32 Moral Status of Future Beings
05:07 Different Ways of Defining 'Human'
05:33 Understanding Extinction Scenarios
06:34 Implications of Human Extinction
07:35 Future of Human Species
07:55 Terminal Extinction
08:54 Final Extinction
10:02 Normative Extinction
10:57 Premature Extinction
11:54 Defining Human Extinction
12:52 Non-Biological Conception of 'Human'
13:06 Role of Education in Humanisation
13:23 Impact of Christianity on the Concept of Human
23:49 Emergence of the Idea of Human Extinction
24:22 Impact of Christianity on the Idea of Human Extinction
25:04 Impact of Science on the Idea of Human Extinction
26:01 Thermodynamics
27:05 Secularization on the Idea of Human Extinction
27:28 Entropy
41:03 Antinatalism
42:45 Eugenics & Dysgenics
42:49 Philosophical Perspectives on Extinction
43:42 Panspermia Movement & Alien Life
44:12 Annihilating Life
44:26 Existential Ethics
47:05 Concept of Dignity
51:41 Dehumanisation
53:14 Moral Implications of Human Extinction
57:44 Ethical Considerations of Human Extinction
01:16:17 Future of Humanity
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