Abstract

ELENA-DOBRE, Catalina  and  GARCIA-PAVON, Rafael. Individual Singularity versus “Singularity”: A Critique of Transhumanism from the Thought of Søren Kierkegaard. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2024, n.69, pp.389-420.  Epub Aug 16, 2024. ISSN 0188-6649.  https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v690.2503.

Although some have attempted to rethink the subject of technology from the perspective of Søren Kierkegaard’s philosophy, there hast not yet been a direct dialogue with the transhumanist position. In this paper, we propose a new approach, understood as a criticism, from the thought of Kierkegaard to transhumanism and its concept of singularity. We, first, analyze the way in which transhumanists understand the concept of singularity and what its limitations are; then, with the help of Kierkegaard’s philosophy, we argue that the only possible and real singularity is the human person as a primordial relationship, source of anguish and freedom, sin and love, and spirit. We also argue that this relationship cannot be reproduced by any artificial creation.

Keywords : singularity; transhumanism; person; spirit; freedom; moral choice.

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