Encountering the Machine: Towards a Posthumanist Ethics And Relational Moral Paradigm in Ian Mcewan’s "Machines Like Me"

María Torres Romero

doi:10.18172/jes.6138

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María Torres Romero University of Málaga https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0532-8139

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.6138

Palabras clave:

Ética, novela moral, posthumanismo, filosofía de la tecnología, postfenomenología, Ian McEWan

Resumen

Este artículo explora la compleja conexión entre los debates filosóficos contemporáneos sobre la ética de la tecnología y la ficción especulativa a través del análisis de la novela Machines Like Me (2019) del autor británico Ian McEwan. En línea con el persistente interés literario de McEwan en la intersección de la ciencia, la moralidad y la ética, esta novela examina las diversas complejidades morales que surgen del encuentro de humanos con un otro tecnológico. Siguiendo los enfoques postfenomenológicos y filosófico-relacionales de Peter-Paul Verbeek y Mark Coeckelbergh que se alinean abiertamente con el pensamiento posthumanista, el artículo reevalúa los dilemas morales que surgen cuando un otro no humano consciente desafía los códigos éticos tradicionales y las bases de la adscripción moral humanista.

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Biografía del autor/a

María Torres Romero, University of Málaga

María Torres-Romero holds a BA in English Studies (2018) and a MA in English Studies and Multilingual and Intercultural Communication (2021) both by the University of Málaga. She is currently a fully funded PhD candidate (FPU) at the Departmetn of English, French and German, at the University of Málaga, where she is pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Rosario Arias. María is an active member of the research group LITCAE (HUM858- Literaturas Contemporáneas en el Ámbito Europeo) led by Prof. Arias since 2021. Her main lines of research centre around speculative fiction written in English, posthumanism, ethical relationality and contemporary explorations of the nonhuman.

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