Suntem pregătiți pentru persoanele non-umane? Omul, animalul și robotul
Are we ready for non human personhood? The human, the animal and the robot
Author(s): Viorel RotilăSubject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Phenomenology
Published by: Editura Universității „Dunărea de Jos”, Galați
Keywords: non-human persons; Umwelt; artificial intelligence; intentional stance; law & legal fiction; animal; robot;
Summary/Abstract: The essay investigates the premises of the broadening of the notion of “person” beyond the human species, in two converging directions: (a) the approach of some animals to the “person zone” through relevant behaviors and cognitive capacities; (b) the emergence of artificial entities capable of cognitive performances which can rival those of humans. The argument is built around three landmarks: (1) the world/Umwelt as its own mode of emergence; (2) “world” as a dynamic which establishes meanings and relations; (3) the distance (historical and ontological) between the meanings which animals and humans have in the world. On this basis, I discuss the extent to which a legal fiction of the “as if” type (in the spirit of the “intentional stance”) can support the recognition of gradual forms of non-human personhood. I conclude that the responsible expansion of the framework of the person is possible without trivializing essential differences and without dissolving humanism, although it modifies its traditional hierarchies.
Journal: Analele Universității „Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, Fascicula XVIII: Filosofie
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 13-49
- Page Count: 37
- Language: Romanian
