Hannah Ardent's Interpretation Of Love

Love is a complex emotion. It has various interpretations depending on individuals. Some might see love as a virtue that brings people together while others might see love as a notion that is more mystical and unworldly. While Hannah Ardent’s interpretation of love is of a passion without any reason, I want to look at love as a passion with a reason. Due to passion, there are times when love makes the use of enhancement technologies attractive or merely acceptable. However, sometimes justifying the use of enhancement technologies might just pollute love by making it inauthentic, selfish and a form of sloth.

Today it is possible to alter human functions and to a certain extent emotions as well, through the use of enhancement technologies. People who use these technologies see them as a route to escape their personal issues and function better. They believe that these technologies would free them of their concern, which would make them love and care about others more and pay more attention to them. They see enhancement technologies as a channel that would enhance their love for …show more content…
Many times people use enhancement technologies because their loved ones believe that is the best option. Usually, people believe that the loved ones want them to improve and be better that’s why they want them to use enhancement technologies. However, it is possible that those loved ones’ intentional are not completely selfless. For instance, it its possible that they believe they can not handle the person in question’s behavior anymore and want the person to improve to make their lives easier. In this scenario, their love for the person that is encouraging him to use enhancement technologies had been polluted by selfish motives. This shows how encouraging the use of enhancement technologies might pollute love making it