What Makes Us Human?

Notes for a rationalist biohumanism.
 
Humans have a unique ability to understand our existence. Knowing our genetic, biochemical and cellular characteristics, in the context of history, culture and evolution, can help us better understand ourselves as a species and answer, from scientific methodology, some of the questions that philosophy has traditionally raised.
 
In this essay, Macip proposes to analyze the human condition through what he calls "rationalist biohumanism", a tool that should allow us to transgress biological determinism in order to achieve a life in a dignified and just society.