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SUMMARY:CROSSING THE BORDER OF HUMANITY: CYBORGS IN ETHICS\, LAW\, AND ART 
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LOCATION:Łódź/Warwick\, Warwick\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>Online Conference: <strong>Crossing the Border of Humanity: Cyborgs in Ethics\, Law\, and Art</strong></p>\n<p>December 14&ndash\;15\, 2021</p>\n<p>Medical University of Ł&oacute\;dź\, Poland &amp\; University of Warwick\, Coventry\, UK</p>\n<p>The idea of being a cyborg is as alluring as it is be repulsive (at least to some). Literary and pop-cultural visions of becoming a cyborg and becoming a nation of cyborgs have seductively taken hold of our imagination\, resulting in a prevalent\, yet simplistic\, image of a one-laser-eyed being with a robotic limb. This unanimous picture ostensibly evident what a cyborg is and what (s)he/it is not. We are\, after all\, by no means something like a Borg!</p>\n<p>While the commonly adopted definition of a cyborg as a hybrid of the mechanical and the biological seems to leave no doubt about what a cyborg really is\, it appears to be sparking controversies\, rather than solving them today. In our world\, where cyborgs walk among us\, the maze of cyborg-issues is becoming ever more tangled and expands beyond the definitional dilemmas to reveal a burgeoning panoply of problems: the restorative/elective facet of cyborganization\, an enhancing/curing aspect of becoming a cyborg\, the legal status of cyborgs\, and hesitations over whether one&rsquo\;s &lsquo\;cyborg&rsquo\; status needs to be visible or can be invisible.</p>\n<p>Our conference will challenge some of the notions we have developed about cyborgs\, which are often underpinned by simplistic and simplifying dichotomies of various nature: philosophical\, legal\, and artistic. It will be an opportunity to articulate problems we have to face as humans\, recurrent yet still though-provoking questions\, and insights that help us build a platform for the cross-pollination of ideas.</p>
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