Biosociality and bioidentity: current situation and ethical perspectives

Abstract

The development of genetic technologies has contributed to the rapid biosocialization of modern society. Biosociality and bioidentity are phenomena that describe the most important global and local processes of development of modern biomedicine, which determine the interests of an increasing number of people. Creating groups on biosocial grounds is impossible without the principle of convergence of efforts. It works at different levels of social life, influencing the formation of scientific knowledge. The physicality of the patient can be considered as a hybrid form where organics, knowledge, technology and existential experience of a personal medical history are intertwined. The possibilities of legitimizing the future genetic technologies for human enhancement lay the foundation for the formation of new loci of biosociality and bioidentity.