Presentation on Transhumanism

1. Tranhumanism: Genetic
Modification
Will Transhumanism lead to the end of the human race
as we know it?

2. Tranhumanism:
"an intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of
fundamentally improving the human condition through applied reason, especially
by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to
greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities."

3. Three main categories:
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies/transcript?language=en#t-
216359

4. Darwinism

5. Transhuman Evolution

6. The Singularity
“A future period
during which the
pace of
technological
change will be so
rapid, it’s impact so
deep, that human
life will be
irreversibly
transformed.”

8. References
Agar, N. (2013). Humanity's End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement (1st ed.). Bradford Books.
Bostrom, N. (2003). Human Genetic Enhancements: A Transhumanist Perspective. The Journal Of Value
Inquiry, 37(4), 493-506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:inqu.0000019037.67783.d5
More, M., & Vita-More, N. (2013). The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the
Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future (1st ed.). Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
TED,. (2015). Paul Knoepfler: The ethical dilemma of designer babies. Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies/transcript?language=
en#t-237723