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Sciences, through their current progress, show that the plasticity of life is so important in human beings that it can be considered as a constitutive characteristic of their identity. The robustness-vulnerability dynamic at the core of this plasticity, particularly developed in human beings and inherent to their complexity, calls for an ethical reflection on the use of techno-sciences.
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Prouteau, F. (2023). Plasticity. In: Wallenhorst, N., Wulf, C. (eds) Handbook of the Anthropocene. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_129
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