Sustainable Development and Transhumanism – Enlightenment Visions of Future Generations

Jacek Leszek Łapiński


The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-3377

Łukasz Sadłocha


College of Business and Entrepreneurship in Ostrowiec Świetokrzyski (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8093-3289

Abstract

Both sustainable development and transhumanism are based on forecasting, meaning making judgments about what the future will be like, and they are made according to the results of scientific research.

Sustainable development is an already implemented concept, yet transhumanism is still far from a similar degree of implementation. However, it is worth reflecting on their coexistence, as they already have their place in the scientific discourse. The element connecting sustainable development with transhumanism seems to be an enlightenment vision of human development. The aim of the article is to show the similarities and differences in these approaches to future generations.


Keywords:

sustainable development, transhumanism, enlightenment, future generations

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2021-07-01

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Łapiński, J. L., & Sadłocha, Łukasz. (2021). Sustainable Development and Transhumanism – Enlightenment Visions of Future Generations. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 16(2), 166–170. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.2.17

Authors

Jacek Leszek Łapiński 

The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-3377

Authors

Łukasz Sadłocha 

College of Business and Entrepreneurship in Ostrowiec Świetokrzyski Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8093-3289

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