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Title: | The perfectionist fallacy in transhumanist thought | Authors: | BESSEMANS, Chris | Issue Date: | 2015 | Source: | European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare 2015, Bioethics Institute Ghent, 19-22.08.2015 | Abstract: | In this paper, I argue against full--fledged transhumanism, i.e. the endeavour to erect a trans--or posthuman species. My claim is that the serious entertaining of transhumanist ideals as a significant and compulsory reference point for practical thinking is a manifestation of a mentality which is in a deep sense contradictory, delusional and anti--realist. Summarily, the problem with transhumanism (and the mechanisms on route to the new state of being) is that it entails a kind of conceptual contradiction: the attainment of the ideal non--alienating state of being necessitates a revolutionary, total alienation and disruption. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/31725 | Category: | C2 | Type: | Conference Material |
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