Frankenstein y su proyecto de vida (los principios empíricos de imposibilidad: ética y sujeto desde la perspectiva de Franz J. Hinkelammert)

Abstract

Frankenstein, from a visionary way, warns us about the reach of science and technology, and the imminent danger of their irresponsible use. Submerged in a conflict of paradigms between the new science and alchemy, Frankenstein holds his monstrous creation. A view of the monstrous allows a new interpretation of Frankenstein’s identity, creator and creature, in the technological evolution. Postmodern man is a cyborg who arises from the relationship among humans, machines and many species that surround him. Nowadays, Popper’s methodological approach represents the current version of the classic modern science. His theory of falsifiability makes possible the utopia that imagines idealizedrealities to be achieved,which guarantee a truer realism. Transhumanists, guided by the utopia of infinite progress, undertake a project to improve the human condition, by using technology to reach immortality. As we can see, transhumanism generates unexpected possibilities for our species. Hinkelammert takes the principle of impossibility posed by Popper to support an ethic of life that marks limits to this scientific work, which has forgotten and abstracted the eschatological limit that is inserted in reality.