EL PARADIGMA TECNOCRÁTICO COMO CLAVE DEL DISCERNIMIENTO DEL PODER TECNOLÓGICO: DE LAUDATO SI' A MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS.

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Title: EL PARADIGMA TECNOCRÁTICO COMO CLAVE DEL DISCERNIMIENTO DEL PODER TECNOLÓGICO: DE LAUDATO SI' A MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS. (Spanish).
Authors: BORGOÑO, CRISTIÁN
Source: Humanitas (07172168). oto/inv2026, Issue 113, p242-247. 6p.
Subjects: Laudato si' (Papal encyclical), Power (Social sciences), Francis, Pope, 1936-2025, Dignity, Artificial intelligence, Popes, High technology, Moral judgment, Paradigms (Social sciences)
Abstract (English): The article examines how the concept of the technocratic paradigm serves as a central tool for moral discernment of modern technology, connecting Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical Laudato si' with Magnifica humanitas from 2026. Francis introduces the technocratic paradigm as a form of rationality that reduces reality to manipulable variables and expands the logic of technical domination to all spheres of human existence, applying it specifically to genetically modified organisms, while Leo XIV revisits this concept to analyze artificial intelligence. Both popes agree that technology is not neutral but rather reflects the face of those who conceive, finance, and control it, and that the real problem lies in the power asymmetries its control generates, not in technology itself. The two exercises in discernment share four points of convergence: they reject both techno-optimism and techno-pessimism, recognize the central problem of concentrated power, place the most vulnerable at the center of their analysis, and demand broad discernment that involves all sectors of society. The technocratic paradigm thus emerges as a fundamental structural category to accompany Catholic magisterial reflection on modern technique, allowing any technology to be evaluated not by its intrinsic nature but by who controls it, who benefits from it, and who it excludes. [Extracted from the article]
Abstract (Spanish): El artículo examina cómo el concepto de paradigma tecnocrático sirve como herramienta central para el discernimiento moral de la tecnología moderna, conectando la encíclica Laudato si' de 2015 con Magnifica humanitas de 2026. Francisco introduce el paradigma tecnocrático como una forma de racionalidad que reduce la realidad a variables manipulables y expande la lógica de dominio técnico a todos los ámbitos de la existencia humana, aplicándolo específicamente a los organismos genéticamente modificados, mientras que León XIV retoma este concepto para analizar la inteligencia artificial. Ambos papas coinciden en que la tecnología no es neutral sino que refleja el rostro de quienes la conciben, financian y controlan, y que el verdadero problema radica en las asimetrías de poder que genera su control, no en la tecnología en sí misma. Los dos ejercicios de discernimiento comparten cuatro puntos de convergencia: rechazan tanto el tecno-optimismo como el tecno-pesimismo, reconocen el problema central del poder concentrado, colocan a los más vulnerables en el centro de su análisis, y demandan un discernimiento amplio que implique a todos los sectores de la sociedad. El paradigma tecnocrático emerge así como una categoría estructural fundamental para acompañar la reflexión magisterial católica sobre la técnica moderna, permitiendo evaluar cualquier tecnología no por su naturaleza intrínseca sino por quién la controla, a quién beneficia y a quién excluye. [Extracted from the article]
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Abstract:The article examines how the concept of the technocratic paradigm serves as a central tool for moral discernment of modern technology, connecting Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical Laudato si' with Magnifica humanitas from 2026. Francis introduces the technocratic paradigm as a form of rationality that reduces reality to manipulable variables and expands the logic of technical domination to all spheres of human existence, applying it specifically to genetically modified organisms, while Leo XIV revisits this concept to analyze artificial intelligence. Both popes agree that technology is not neutral but rather reflects the face of those who conceive, finance, and control it, and that the real problem lies in the power asymmetries its control generates, not in technology itself. The two exercises in discernment share four points of convergence: they reject both techno-optimism and techno-pessimism, recognize the central problem of concentrated power, place the most vulnerable at the center of their analysis, and demand broad discernment that involves all sectors of society. The technocratic paradigm thus emerges as a fundamental structural category to accompany Catholic magisterial reflection on modern technique, allowing any technology to be evaluated not by its intrinsic nature but by who controls it, who benefits from it, and who it excludes. [Extracted from the article]
ISSN:07172168