Thoughts about our species’ future: themes from Humanity’s End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement

December 1, 2010

Humanity’s End is motivated by the conviction that the debate about human enhancement must move beyond the binary “yes, I love it; no, it’s evil” dialectic that has tended to dominate philosophical discussion up till now. When we focus on the multiple means – cybernetic, genetic, nanotechnological, and so on – by which humans are likely to be enhanced, we find significant moral differences. Some human enhancements should be endorsed; many should be rejected. (Journal of Evolution and Technology)