About the article
V.Yu. Lebedev, L.V. Udalova
The article deals with the issues of systemic comprehension of existential problems, their complexity and ambiguity. Special attention is paid to the fact that in the coordinates “body – psyche” existential problems are easily manifested in the form of physical symptoms, despite the fact that they primarily belong to the psyche, and human health and ill-health are determined by the vector of the latter's world picture, existential state, in which the personal concept of health ideal and norm is transformed, because of which there are disagreements about the concept of social and individual health norm. It is emphasized that sustainable improvement becomes the goal. It is concluded that modern man is extremely dependent on the reality surrounding him, on the physical, cognitive, psychological abilities given to him by nature; realizing this as a problem, the individual develops and implements technological solutions to improve himself and his nature. It is pointed out that the identification of new forms of restoring health, treating disease is transformed into enhancement goals (human improvement), i.e. a person becomes a project in which health is a testing ground for manipulations designed to improve certain parameters of the subject.
existence, vitality, health, disease, man, enhancement, improvement, human improvement, technology