TRANSHUMANISM AND MORAL EQUALITY

Conservative thinkers such as Francis Fukuyama have produced a battery of objections to the transhumanist project of fundamentally enhancing human capacities. This article examines one of these objections, namely that by allowing some to greatly extend their capacities, we will undermine the fundame...

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Main Author: Wilson, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Bioethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 8, Pages: 419-425
Further subjects:B John Rawls
B Transhumanism
B Francis Fukuyama
B moral equality
B Enhancement
B Singer problem
B Kant
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