Transhumanism

Table of contents

Introduction3

Discussion6

Critical Argument on Transhumanism6

Conclusion13

References17

Transhumanism

Introduction

Transhumanism is an international cultural and intellectual movement advocating the use of science and technology to develop physical and mental capacities of human beings to overcome the undesirable aspects of the human condition such as suffering, sickness, old age and death. There is a strong libertarian current among transhumanists. The economist Friedrich Hayek is incensed over one of their sites (Bailey, Ronald, 2004).

Still, the movement has existed since the early 1980s. The first transhumanists recognize themselves as such and meet at the University of California, Los Angeles, which became a major center of transhumanist thought. Events and events to build relationships are organized. In 1986, Eric Drexler published Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, in which he presents opportunities related to nanotechnology and molecular assemblers. He also founded the Foresight Institute. In 1988, Max More and Tom Morrow published the first edition of the Extropy magazine. In 1992, More and Morrow founded the Institute Extropy "transhumanist group that recommends the use of technology to increase life expectancy, increased intelligence, optimize psychology and improve social systems". After a dozen years of existence, the Board of Extropy Institute announced the closure of the agency, saying that it had essentially completed its mission. In 2006, the site of the body is transformed into a reference center - "Library of Transhumanism, the Extropie, and the future." This does not mean that the movement is moribund, however. Other transhumanist organizations, such as the World Transhumanist Association (the World Transhumanist Association, or WTA), founded in 1998 by Nick Bostrom and David Pearce, quickly fill the space left vacant by extropians (Bailey, Ronald, 2004).

The WTA, an international non-governmental organization, works to the recognition of transhumanism as a legitimate subject of scientific inquiry and public policy. In 1999, the association sketched and adopted The Transhumanist Declaration. The first observation of this statement was that the future of humanity will be radically transformed by technology. They considered the possibility that human beings can be modified to a younger age, increasing their intelligence by artificial or biological means, the ability to modulate human's own psychological state, the abolition of suffering and exploration of the universe. Last year, as part of a restructuring of its "branding", the association changed its name to " Humanity + ", the aim being to project a more humane prespective. Humanity + releases H + Magazine that is a magazine edited by RU Sirius which disseminates new ideas and transhumanists (Bailey, Ronald, 2004).

Transhumanists do not believe that "human nature is and should remain essentially unalterable." They believe that by rejecting this premise, "we are allowed to see an extraordinary world of possibilities, ranging from eternal bliss until the cessation of all forms of intelligent life." They put forward a series of very aggressive "opportunities" which often resemble science fiction. Here are a few, taken from the site of the WTA Tour , starting with one that should appeal to most anyone who works in the marketplace of ideas (the one ...