The document discusses the topic of whether humans can construct superhumans through enhancement technologies. It raises questions about whether such enhancements are technically feasible and morally permissible. Some potential enhancements discussed include increasing height, health span, life span and intelligence through drugs or other medical interventions. However, there are also ethical concerns about such enhancements, such as undermining biological diversity and distorting social order. The document argues that developing principles and oversight for human enhancement will be important issues to address as the technologies advance.

1. British Association of Sport Exercise & Medicine
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Can we construct the
superhuman?
@andymiah

2. Can we construct the
superhuman?

3. Can we construct the
superhuman?

4. Can we construct the
superhuman?

5. Can we construct the
superhuman?

7. beyond human

8. enhancing evolution
moral responsibility
Truthconstruct the
Can we
superhuman?
(the American way)
Justice

9. Can we construct the
superhuman?

10. Visualization of the Mens 100m
sprint from 1896-2012 Olympics
New York Times,

11. Ageing as a disease
Well-being
Can we construct the
superhuman?
Culture of body
modification
Health-extension

12. Can we construct the
superhuman?

13. a) Is it technically
feasible?
b) Is it morally
permissible?

14. Side effects
Research on healthy subjects
a) Is it technically feasible?
Diminish biological diversity
Undermining evolutio

15. Creating injustice
Distorting social order
Compromising
doctor/patient relationship
b) Is it morally permissible?
Playing God
Diminish role of merit
Increased medicalization
Zero-sum game
Global injustice
misconstrue ‘progress’
Utopian naivity
coercive

16. Human existence
has been defined by
tampering with
biology, especially
our biology, for
better or worse.
Stelarc, Exra Ear, Ear on Arm, 2008

17. TRANSHUMAN b)
super height
health-span
life-span
intelligence
memor
drugs
y
leg lengthening
ii) Teleportation
TRANSHUMAN a)
PGD (non-disease)
cosmetic surgery
i) flight
HUMAN
ENHANCEMENT
CONTESTED
VALUE
ACCEPTED
VALUE
innoculations
ritalin
flouridization
of water

18. What is the proper role of health enhancing technology ?
Does this role change when it is utilized in specific
practices such as sport? If so, in what ways?
Isn’t (sports) medicine always making us well for
something?
This may be include daily trials and tribulations, or the
achievement of specific goals, which are in excess of
reasonable functioning

19. We need a new set of ethical
principles for an era of human
enhancement

20. We need a World Pro-Doping
Agency to invest into better human
enhancements

21. Who are the superheroes of this new
generation?

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