The technological ability to alter biology, along with the social conditions and cultural expectations that enable such transformations, is spawning a variety of techniques that …
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global …
This study examines the role of control of corruption, green energy, trade, innovation, natural resources, and information and communication technology (ICT) in carbon dioxide (CO 2) …
Challenging notions of what constitutes' normal'and'pathological'bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as' …
N Bostrom - Journal of evolution and technology, 2005 - ora.ox.ac.uk
The History of Transhumanist Thought Page 1 A peer-reviewed electronic journal published by the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies ISSN 1541-0099 A History of Transhumanist …
N Bostrom - Bioethics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Positions on the ethics of human enhancement technologies can be (crudely) characterized as ranging from transhumanism to bioconservatism. Transhumanists believe that human …
Cognitive enhancement takes many and diverse forms. Various methods of cognitive enhancement have implications for the near future. At the same time, these technologies …
N Bostrom - World Transhumanist Association, 2003 - the-astrolabe.net
Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the human species in its current form does not represent the end of our development but rather …
In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's characteristics. Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan …