Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?

The aim of the paper is to consider the issue of modern aesthetic medicine considered as a humanism or, on the contrary, as human enhancement. The aim of enhancement is to improve and expand human possibilities in order to change their nature eventually. I present arguments for and against the thesi...

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Main Author: Karolina Napiwodzka-Bulek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University 2017-06-01
Series:Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fped/article/view/12343
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description The aim of the paper is to consider the issue of modern aesthetic medicine considered as a humanism or, on the contrary, as human enhancement. The aim of enhancement is to improve and expand human possibilities in order to change their nature eventually. I present arguments for and against the thesis that aesthetic medicine might be considered as a typical humanistic aspiration for perfection. I pay close attention to the purpose criterion of medical practice by analyzing its therapeutic and aesthetic tasks.
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spelling doaj.art-ce602f07281743f5bb5dc8dda059d3f32022-12-21T20:11:31ZengAdam Mickiewicz UniversityFilozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna2299-18752017-06-016110.14746/fped.2017.6.1.912343Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?Karolina Napiwodzka-Bulek0Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w PoznaniuThe aim of the paper is to consider the issue of modern aesthetic medicine considered as a humanism or, on the contrary, as human enhancement. The aim of enhancement is to improve and expand human possibilities in order to change their nature eventually. I present arguments for and against the thesis that aesthetic medicine might be considered as a typical humanistic aspiration for perfection. I pay close attention to the purpose criterion of medical practice by analyzing its therapeutic and aesthetic tasks.https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fped/article/view/12343aesthetic medicinehumanismenhancementthe purposes of medicine
spellingShingle Karolina Napiwodzka-Bulek
Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?
Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna
aesthetic medicine
humanism
enhancement
the purposes of medicine
title Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?
title_full Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?
title_fullStr Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?
title_full_unstemmed Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?
title_short Medycyna estetyczna – humanistyczne dążenie czy „enhancement”?
title_sort medycyna estetyczna humanistyczne dazenie czy enhancement
topic aesthetic medicine
humanism
enhancement
the purposes of medicine
url https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fped/article/view/12343
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