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Papers by Luca Lo Sapio
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2022
The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population i... more The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population increases, stakeholders, scholars, and producers have begun to devise new strategies to meet growing food needs and to prevent food production from having a deleterious environmental impact. In this paper, I will focus on the main moral arguments against the production and consumption of cultivated meat. I will then frame some arguments to show that none of the objections to the production and consumption of cultivated meat is convincing.In the concluding remarks, I will suggest that cultivated meat should be considered as one strategy in a wide array of options to embrace a new food model. Deciding not to invest on this technology prevents us from benefiting from a useful means that could improve our living conditions.
Tale citazione non è, infatti, peregrina o arbitraria ma sostenuta da un'amplissima letteratura, ... more Tale citazione non è, infatti, peregrina o arbitraria ma sostenuta da un'amplissima letteratura, che, sviluppatasi e diffusasi soprattutto in area anglosassone, trova ora nell'Europa mediterranea e continentale (Italia, Spagna, Portogallo, Francia) diversi riscontri. Per quanto concerne la letteratura in lingua inglese mi limiterò a citare alcuni dei testi più importanti tra cui il recentissimo volume di Charlotte Adele, A guide to human enhancement including its purpose, Existing technologies, Emerging Technologies, Speculative technologies and more, Webster's Digital Services, Kansas 2012, il quale può fungere da introduzione generale alla problematica dello human enhancement. Per quanto riguarda il tema dell'enhancement in ambito sportivo segnalo il testo curato da Jan Tolleneer, Sigrid Sterckx, Pieter Bonte, Athletic enhancement, human nature and Ethics, Springer, New York 2013. Per l'approfondimento di specifiche questioni collegate a quella dello human enhancement, ma anche come introduzioni più articolate e complete alla problematica segnalo il testo, prima citato, curato da Nick Bostrom e Julian Savulescu, Human enhancement, op. cit. e il più recente volume curato dallo stesso Savulescu insieme a Ruut Ter Meulen e Guy Kahane, Enhancing Human Capacities,
Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of aca... more Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of academics, policymakers and producers, all of whom see it as a viable answer to some challenges that conventional meat production and consumption raises. Beyond several critical issues concerning the production (use of culture medium, monitoring of the cell proliferation process, large-scale manufacturing of the product, etc.) some authors, mostly philosophers, are also raising a number of moral objections. In this paper I shall focus on three possible set of arguments: 1) the wisdom of repugnance; 2) the notion that nature would be endangered by a technology like cultivated meat; 3) the argument of cannibalism. In the concluding remarks, I will argue that we must keep both the biotechnological eschatology and the moral eschatology at a distance, the former claiming to solve the ethical crises of our age exclusively using biotechnology, the latter claiming to do without biotechnology altogether
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Oct 11, 2022
Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the uni... more Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the universe and the relationship between humanity and the cosmos. Nowadays, astrobiology is used to shed light on that issue through a set of empirical data. Also, the Fermi paradox and the Rare Earth hypothesis could offer a suitable ground to properly interpret the proofs emerging from space exploration and direct and indirect observations from astronomers, that is, "we are likely the only intelligent species within the universe." From this, we can say that maybe we are confronted with a cosmic bet. We should better wager on our cosmic importance as a species, otherwise the loss could be immense: the disappearance of the only species through which the universe enabled itself to understand its own secrets and cosmic treasures.
International Journal of Applied Philosophy
The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population i... more The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population increases, stakeholders, scholars, and producers have begun to devise new strategies to meet growing food needs and to prevent food production from having a deleterious environmental impact. In this paper, I will focus on the main moral arguments against the production and consumption of cultivated meat. I will then frame some arguments to show that none of the objections to the production and consumption of cultivated meat is convincing.In the concluding remarks, I will suggest that cultivated meat should be considered as one strategy in a wide array of options to embrace a new food model. Deciding not to invest on this technology prevents us from benefiting from a useful means that could improve our living conditions.
The Biotech France 2022 International Conference Proceedings
Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of aca... more Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of academics, policy-makers and producers, all of whom see it as a viable answer to some challenges that conventional meat production and consumption raises. Beyond several critical issues concerning the production (use of culture medium, monitoring of the cell proliferation process, large-scale manufacturing of the product, etc.) some authors, mostly philosophers, are also raising a number of moral objections. In this paper I shall focus on three possible set of arguments: 1) the wisdom of repugnance; 2) the notion that nature would be endangered by a technology like cultivated meat; 3) the argument of cannibalism. In the concluding remarks, I will argue that we must keep both the biotechnological eschatology and the moral eschatology at a distance, the former claiming to solve the ethical crises of our age exclusively using biotechnology, the latter claiming to do without biotechnology altog...
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the uni... more Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the universe and the relationship between humanity and the cosmos. Nowadays, astrobiology is used to shed light on that issue through a set of empirical data. Also, the Fermi paradox and the Rare Earth hypothesis could offer a suitable ground to properly interpret the proofs emerging from space exploration and direct and indirect observations from astronomers, that is, “we are likely the only intelligent species within the universe.” From this, we can say that maybe we are confronted with a cosmic bet. We should better wager on our cosmic importance as a species, otherwise the loss could be immense: the disappearance of the only species through which the universe enabled itself to understand its own secrets and cosmic treasures.
Scientia et Fides, 2021
In December 2019, the city of Wuhan in Hubei became the epicenter of an unprecedented health cris... more In December 2019, the city of Wuhan in Hubei became the epicenter of an unprecedented health crisis. SARS-CoV-2 is marking a watershed moment for sapiens. On the one hand, we are facing the most serious health emergency of the 21st century, on the other hand we are beginning to experience the negative effects of our development models that do not take into account the welfare of non-human animals and the systemic effect that our actions have on the balance of the biosphere. In the contributions hosted in this Dossier, the plurality of issues raised by SARS-CoV-2 comes to light clearly and distinctly. From bioethical questions to biopolitical issues, including an in-depth examination of the effects that the pandemic is having on society and on the capacity for selfperception of sapiens, we try to shed light on the countless consequences that this pandemic is bringing with it.
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2014
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2017
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2019
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2019
THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK AND ETHICAL MODELS The fourth Industria... more THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK AND ETHICAL MODELS The fourth Industrial Revolution heralds a series of cultural, political, social and economic upheavals that will unfold over the 21st century. Our current dossier intends, therefore, to deepen the ethical and philosophical-anthropological aspects connected to the fourth industrial revolution, not without paying attention to some aspects dealing with its methods of realization. What is the fourth industrial revolution and is it correct to use the term revolution to describe it? Which ethical models are more suitable to accompany the transformations we are witnessing? Is it possible to imagine a different model of society for man through the use of growing automation processes? Is it possible to imagine a new paradigm for framing the relationship between man and the future of job? The introduction of novelties such as synthetic meat can help us overcome some ethical controversies related to animal welfare an...
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2014
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2014
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Dec 1, 2017
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2022
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2022
The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population i... more The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population increases, stakeholders, scholars, and producers have begun to devise new strategies to meet growing food needs and to prevent food production from having a deleterious environmental impact. In this paper, I will focus on the main moral arguments against the production and consumption of cultivated meat. I will then frame some arguments to show that none of the objections to the production and consumption of cultivated meat is convincing.In the concluding remarks, I will suggest that cultivated meat should be considered as one strategy in a wide array of options to embrace a new food model. Deciding not to invest on this technology prevents us from benefiting from a useful means that could improve our living conditions.
Tale citazione non è, infatti, peregrina o arbitraria ma sostenuta da un'amplissima letteratura, ... more Tale citazione non è, infatti, peregrina o arbitraria ma sostenuta da un'amplissima letteratura, che, sviluppatasi e diffusasi soprattutto in area anglosassone, trova ora nell'Europa mediterranea e continentale (Italia, Spagna, Portogallo, Francia) diversi riscontri. Per quanto concerne la letteratura in lingua inglese mi limiterò a citare alcuni dei testi più importanti tra cui il recentissimo volume di Charlotte Adele, A guide to human enhancement including its purpose, Existing technologies, Emerging Technologies, Speculative technologies and more, Webster's Digital Services, Kansas 2012, il quale può fungere da introduzione generale alla problematica dello human enhancement. Per quanto riguarda il tema dell'enhancement in ambito sportivo segnalo il testo curato da Jan Tolleneer, Sigrid Sterckx, Pieter Bonte, Athletic enhancement, human nature and Ethics, Springer, New York 2013. Per l'approfondimento di specifiche questioni collegate a quella dello human enhancement, ma anche come introduzioni più articolate e complete alla problematica segnalo il testo, prima citato, curato da Nick Bostrom e Julian Savulescu, Human enhancement, op. cit. e il più recente volume curato dallo stesso Savulescu insieme a Ruut Ter Meulen e Guy Kahane, Enhancing Human Capacities,
Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of aca... more Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of academics, policymakers and producers, all of whom see it as a viable answer to some challenges that conventional meat production and consumption raises. Beyond several critical issues concerning the production (use of culture medium, monitoring of the cell proliferation process, large-scale manufacturing of the product, etc.) some authors, mostly philosophers, are also raising a number of moral objections. In this paper I shall focus on three possible set of arguments: 1) the wisdom of repugnance; 2) the notion that nature would be endangered by a technology like cultivated meat; 3) the argument of cannibalism. In the concluding remarks, I will argue that we must keep both the biotechnological eschatology and the moral eschatology at a distance, the former claiming to solve the ethical crises of our age exclusively using biotechnology, the latter claiming to do without biotechnology altogether
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Oct 11, 2022
Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the uni... more Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the universe and the relationship between humanity and the cosmos. Nowadays, astrobiology is used to shed light on that issue through a set of empirical data. Also, the Fermi paradox and the Rare Earth hypothesis could offer a suitable ground to properly interpret the proofs emerging from space exploration and direct and indirect observations from astronomers, that is, "we are likely the only intelligent species within the universe." From this, we can say that maybe we are confronted with a cosmic bet. We should better wager on our cosmic importance as a species, otherwise the loss could be immense: the disappearance of the only species through which the universe enabled itself to understand its own secrets and cosmic treasures.
International Journal of Applied Philosophy
The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population i... more The ethics of cultivated meat is an emerging field of applied ethics. As the world’s population increases, stakeholders, scholars, and producers have begun to devise new strategies to meet growing food needs and to prevent food production from having a deleterious environmental impact. In this paper, I will focus on the main moral arguments against the production and consumption of cultivated meat. I will then frame some arguments to show that none of the objections to the production and consumption of cultivated meat is convincing.In the concluding remarks, I will suggest that cultivated meat should be considered as one strategy in a wide array of options to embrace a new food model. Deciding not to invest on this technology prevents us from benefiting from a useful means that could improve our living conditions.
The Biotech France 2022 International Conference Proceedings
Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of aca... more Cultivated meat is a new technology that since the 2000s has been attracting the attention of academics, policy-makers and producers, all of whom see it as a viable answer to some challenges that conventional meat production and consumption raises. Beyond several critical issues concerning the production (use of culture medium, monitoring of the cell proliferation process, large-scale manufacturing of the product, etc.) some authors, mostly philosophers, are also raising a number of moral objections. In this paper I shall focus on three possible set of arguments: 1) the wisdom of repugnance; 2) the notion that nature would be endangered by a technology like cultivated meat; 3) the argument of cannibalism. In the concluding remarks, I will argue that we must keep both the biotechnological eschatology and the moral eschatology at a distance, the former claiming to solve the ethical crises of our age exclusively using biotechnology, the latter claiming to do without biotechnology altog...
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the uni... more Western philosophy has always stressed the importance of understanding the very nature of the universe and the relationship between humanity and the cosmos. Nowadays, astrobiology is used to shed light on that issue through a set of empirical data. Also, the Fermi paradox and the Rare Earth hypothesis could offer a suitable ground to properly interpret the proofs emerging from space exploration and direct and indirect observations from astronomers, that is, “we are likely the only intelligent species within the universe.” From this, we can say that maybe we are confronted with a cosmic bet. We should better wager on our cosmic importance as a species, otherwise the loss could be immense: the disappearance of the only species through which the universe enabled itself to understand its own secrets and cosmic treasures.
Scientia et Fides, 2021
In December 2019, the city of Wuhan in Hubei became the epicenter of an unprecedented health cris... more In December 2019, the city of Wuhan in Hubei became the epicenter of an unprecedented health crisis. SARS-CoV-2 is marking a watershed moment for sapiens. On the one hand, we are facing the most serious health emergency of the 21st century, on the other hand we are beginning to experience the negative effects of our development models that do not take into account the welfare of non-human animals and the systemic effect that our actions have on the balance of the biosphere. In the contributions hosted in this Dossier, the plurality of issues raised by SARS-CoV-2 comes to light clearly and distinctly. From bioethical questions to biopolitical issues, including an in-depth examination of the effects that the pandemic is having on society and on the capacity for selfperception of sapiens, we try to shed light on the countless consequences that this pandemic is bringing with it.
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2014
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2017
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2019
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2019
THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK AND ETHICAL MODELS The fourth Industria... more THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK AND ETHICAL MODELS The fourth Industrial Revolution heralds a series of cultural, political, social and economic upheavals that will unfold over the 21st century. Our current dossier intends, therefore, to deepen the ethical and philosophical-anthropological aspects connected to the fourth industrial revolution, not without paying attention to some aspects dealing with its methods of realization. What is the fourth industrial revolution and is it correct to use the term revolution to describe it? Which ethical models are more suitable to accompany the transformations we are witnessing? Is it possible to imagine a different model of society for man through the use of growing automation processes? Is it possible to imagine a new paradigm for framing the relationship between man and the future of job? The introduction of novelties such as synthetic meat can help us overcome some ethical controversies related to animal welfare an...
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2014
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2014
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Dec 1, 2017
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2022