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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Bioethics journal</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Bioethics journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Биоэтика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2070-1586</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2782-6589</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Volgograd State Medical University</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">704245</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19163/2070-1586-2026-19-1-13-19</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Theoretical bioethics</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Теоретическая биоэтика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">H. Arendt's philosophy of natality in a bioethical perspective</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Философия натальности Х. Арендт в перспективе биоэтики</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8985-092X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sidorova</surname><given-names>Tatyana A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сидорова</surname><given-names>Татьяна Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Sciences in Philosophy, Assistant Professor, Department of Fundamental Medicine, Institute of Medicine and Medical Technologies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат философских наук, доцент кафедры фундаментальной медицины, Институт медицины и медицинских технологий</p></bio><email>t.sidorova@g.nsu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Novosibirsk State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Новосибирский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-05-28" publication-format="electronic"><day>28</day><month>05</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>19</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>13</fpage><lpage>19</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-15"><day>15</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Sidorova T.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Сидорова Т.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Sidorova T.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Сидорова Т.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://bioethicsjournal.ru/2070-1586/article/view/704245">https://bioethicsjournal.ru/2070-1586/article/view/704245</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article explores the heuristic potential of Hannah Arendt's concept of natality for contemporary bioethical discourse. The key meanings of natality are explicated: a beginning that comes into the world with each birth; a source of multiplicity that serves as the basis for human togetherness and the condition of individual uniqueness; natality as a fundamental condition of active life and its connection to the political dimension of human existence. The relevance of turning to Arendt's philosophy of natality is determined by the contemporary context: a global decline in fertility and the growing influence of antinatalist philosophy, which denies the value of procreation. In this situation, bioethics is experiencing a categorical deficit in approaches to understanding problems of human reproduction. The philosophy of natalism requires further development to fill this gap. The multifaceted nature of the concept of natality allows us to overcome the limitations of naturalistic thinking about life, which, according to Arendt, is characterized only by cyclicality and closed reproduction, where "there is neither death nor birth".</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье исследуется эвристический потенциал концепции натальности Ханны Арендт для современного биоэтического дискурса. Эксплицированы основные смыслы натальности: начало, приходящее в мир с каждым рождением; источник множественности, выступающий основой человеческой совместности и условием уникальности личности; натальность как фундаментальное условие деятельной жизни и ее связь с политическим измерением бытия человека. Актуальность обращения к философии натальности Арендт обусловлена современным контекстом: глобальным снижением рождаемости и ростом влияния философии антинатализма, отрицающего ценность деторождения. В этой ситуации биоэтика испытывает категориальный дефицит в подходах к осмыслению проблем человеческой репродукции. Философия натализма требует своего развития для восполнения этого пробела. Многоаспектность понятия натальности позволяет преодолеть ограниченность натуралистического мышления о жизни, для которого, по словам Арендт, характерны лишь цикличность и замкнутое воспроизводство, где «нет ни смерти, ни рождения».</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>natality</kwd><kwd>H. Arendt</kwd><kwd>bioethics</kwd><kwd>beginning of life</kwd><kwd>childbirth</kwd><kwd>antinatalism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>натальность</kwd><kwd>Х. Арендт</kwd><kwd>биоэтика</kwd><kwd>начало жизни</kwd><kwd>деторождение</kwd><kwd>антинатализм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский научный фонд</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">Russian Science Foundation</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>25-28-01278</award-id></award-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The reported study was funded RSF according to the research project No. 25-28-01278, "Childbearing in the Context of Civilizational Macroshift: A Philosophical Analysis of Natalism and Antinatalism"</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено за счет гранта РНФ проект №25-28-01278 «Деторождение в условиях цивилизационного макросдвига: философский анализ натализма и антинатализма»</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Kishenin P.A., Zinina A.I., Maksimova T.A. 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