The Ethics of Vulnerability in the Posthuman Era

Abstract

Beyond topics of genre and species, problem of vulnerability arises in terms of posthumanism, which alternates on an empirical basis and also criticizes a rethinking of human. Whether human, plant or animal, or robot or any hybrid being, every one of them becomes entities for posthumanism with equal dignity, endowed with ability to enter into symbiosis and be part of a much more complex vulnerability. Thus, appears reconsideration of nature-culture duality in a position of equidistance and of equal value given alike to human or animal kingdom. It is said that in beginning there was only classical ideal of Man, which first appeared under formulation given by Protagoras as the measure of all things, which was later reformulated in Italian Renaissance in form of a universal model, represented by Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. The ideals of Classical Antiquity and Italian Renaissance came to be reconsidered in posthumanism, and what was considered to be part of human supremacy has reached a level equal to that which is part of animal kingdom. The intensity created by these two parts is based on division of this planet in ways that are no longer so hierarchical to position of superiority that human being assumes. Therefore, importance of reformulating subjectivity in terms of current vulnerability in posthumanism is needed, but also need to invent new forms of ethical relationships or values encountered in complexity of modern times.