Transhuman Perfection: The Eradication of Disability Through Transhuman Technologies

Transhuman Perfection: The Eradication of Disability Through Transhuman Technologies

This paper examines transhuman technologies that seek to eradicate disability - primarily prostheses and implants. While most would agree that disability denies individuals the same quality of life as those deemed “abled,” this eradication ultimately relies upon secular humanist notions of the perfe...

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Main Author: David-Jack Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente 2014-05-01
Series:Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
Subjects:
transhuman technologies
disability
human enhancement
Online Access:http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/116

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http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/116

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