Transhumanism: An Ontology of the World's Most Dangerous Idea
Description:
Transhumanism is the name given to the cultural and philosophical movement which advocates radical human technological enhancement. In what follows, I use perspectives drawn from existential philosophy to problematize transhumanists' desire to recast human finitude as a series of technical problems with technical solutions. The ontological account of transhumanism offered here questions the assumed benefit and inevitability across six chapters. Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 intro…
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Date:
May 2019
Creator:
Ross, Benjamin David
Partner:
UNT Libraries