Posthuman bliss? : the failed promise of transhumanism /

A tightly argued and expansive examination of the pitfalls of transhumanism, this book reacquaints us with what it means to live well. Author Susan B. Levin challenges transhumanists' overarching commitments regarding the mind and brain, ethics, liberal democracy, knowledge and reality, showing...

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Failed promise of transhumanism
Assessing transhumanist advocacy of cognitive bioenhancement --
Why we should reject transhumanists' entire lens on the mind and brain --
Evaluating the debate thus far over moral bioenhancement --
Utilirarian commitments of transhumanists and their sociopolitical implications --
Creating a higher breed: Transhumanism and the prophecy of Anglo-American eugenics --
Transhumanists' informational view of being and knowledge --
Living virtuously as a regulative ideal.
1. Verfasser:
Levin, Susan B.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Zusammenfassung:
A tightly argued and expansive examination of the pitfalls of transhumanism, this book reacquaints us with what it means to live well. Author Susan B. Levin challenges transhumanists' overarching commitments regarding the mind and brain, ethics, liberal democracy, knowledge and reality, showing their notion of humanity's self-transcendence into 'posthumanity' to be little more than fantasy.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 354 pages).
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-005151-5
0-19-005152-3
0-19-005150-7
Schlagworte:
Transhumanism.
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