Genetic enhancement, human extinction, and the best interests of posthumanity
The cumulative impact of enhancement technologies may alter the human species in the very long-term future. In this article, I will start showing how radical genetic enhancements may accelerate the conversion into a novel species. I will also clarify the concepts of ‘biological species’, ‘transhuman...
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Wiley-Blackwell
2024
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Bioethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 38, Issue: 6, Pages: 529-538 |
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posthumanity
B longtermism B Transhumanism B genetic enhancement B human extinction |
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