Pode a tecnologia ser humana? Reflexões sobre o fenômeno tecnológico entre a antropologia e a moralidade

Abstract

Can technology be humane? This question was posed by north American essayist Paul Goodman in 1969. A question that remains current facing the advance of biotechnic interventions and the problems in social ambit originated by the interface with a technology that advances over human existence. But, far of an negative criticism of technology, we search a comprehension of it as a human action, as a human realization, in this sense, is human responsibility the correctly orientation of this phenomenon. This paper, aims to think about the technological phenomenon and its impacts over human condition, seeking to evidence it as a philosophical and moral problem. Philosophical because it imposes humanity's demands for rationalization and reflection on itself and its actions; it is a moral problem because, not only does it show, but it also aggravates problems faced by mankind for centuries, which take on new shapes with the techno-scientific and biotechnical advances of the late twentieth century and the beginning of the current century. It is intended a presentation of an introductory leather on the question of the technique that can provide an approach to this, explaining its role and importance in our evolution process, but also, pointing out the problems aggravated by such phenomenon.