Determining the Compatibility between Power Exerted by Closed-Loop Medical Systems and Foucauldian Biopower
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2024-07-01
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Closed-loop medical systems (CLMSs) autonomously perform medical actions on the bodies of patients. By constantly exerting power over the physiology of the body, they provide more effective regularization of health compared to when these actions are manually performed. Furthermore, the role of the body is diminished when it comes to regulating its health. This is because CLMSs only consider an abstraction of the body when determining what actions to perform. Essentially, CLMSs have power over both these abstractions and the corresponding bodies. Power over these abstractions cannot be adequately described by Foucauldian biopower. To solve this, I propose that the concept of biopower is updated with a new interpretation of the body in the context of CLMSs.
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Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen