In defence of posthuman vulnerability

BL Fernandez, J Rueda - 2021 - philpapers.org
Transhumanism is a challenging movement that invites us to rethink what defines humanity,
including what we value and regret the most about our existence. Vulnerability is a key …

Genetic enhancement from the perspective of transhumanism: exploring a new paradigm of transhuman evolution

Y Zou - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2024 - Springer
Transhumanism is a movement that advocates for the enhancement of human capabilities
through the use of advanced technologies such as genetic enhancement. This article …

Is ageing undesirable? An ethical analysis

P García-Barranquero, JL Albareda… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - jme.bmj.com
The technical possibilities of biomedicine open up the opportunity to intervene in ageing
itself with the aim of mitigating, reducing or eliminating it. However, before undertaking these …

An ageless body does not imply transhumanism: A reply to Levin

P García-Barranquero, J Llorca Albareda - Theoretical Medicine and …, 2024 - Springer
Susan B. Levin argues that the human confidence that an ageless body would be better is
irrational. She offers a Kantian-inspired argument to show that human understanding cannot …

The Singularity, Superintelligent Machines, and Mind Uploading: The Technological Future?

A Diéguez, P García-Barranquero - Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, 2024 - Springer
This chapter discusses the question of whether we will ever have an Artificial General
Superintelligence (AGSI) and how it will affect our species if it does so. First, it explores …

Who Achieves What? The Subjective Dimension of the Objective Goods of Life Extension in the Ethics of Digital Doppelgängers

J Llorca Albareda, G Díaz-Cobacho… - The American Journal …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Iglesias et al.(2025) present a suggestive argument in favor of life extension through digital
doppelgängers. Their position can be summarized in two argumentative stages: i) we are to …

A Posthuman Gothic Tale: Kelly Link's “Two Houses”

E Muñoz-González - International Journal of English Studies, 2024 - revistas.um.es
It is at the intersection of Posthuman thought, Gothic narratives, and the New Weird mode
where “Two Houses” from Kelly Link's Get in Trouble (2016) can be framed. In the story, six …

Unveiling the right to self-transformation and self-enhancement: exploring Transhumanism and its impact on human rights and the future of humanity

L Nyathi - Deusto Journal of Human Rights, 2024 - djhr.revistas.deusto.es
The time to discuss, contemplate and philosophize about Transhumanism has inevitably
come. Thanks to technology which continues to transform human lives in enormous ways …

[PDF][PDF] The Price of Extinction and the Epic Journey to Mourn Beyond the Human in Ned Beauman's Venomous Lumpsucker

MT Romero - 2024 - edizionicafoscari.unive.it
This article aims to explore how contemporary speculative fiction contributes to the current
debate about the extinction crisis in the context of the Anthropocene by the critical analysis …

Will Cyborgs Ever Be Humans in the Image and Likeness of God?

K Krzemiński - Religions, 2021 - mdpi.com
Advances in technology and genetic engineering have rekindled the hopes of some
communities for human immortality on earth. Projects aimed at copying the human brain for …