Mythologies of transhumanism / Michael Hauskeller.
Hauskeller, Michael, author.
2016
BD450 .H345 2016
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Title Mythologies of transhumanism / Michael Hauskeller.
Author Hauskeller, Michael, author.
ISBN 9783319397412
3319397419
9783319397405
3319397400
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39741-2.
Imprint Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (231 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-39741-2. doi
Call Number BD450 .H345 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 170
Summary This book examines the dependence of transhumanist arguments on the credibility of the narratives of meaning in which they are embedded. By taking the key ideas from transhumanist philosophy - the desirability of human self-design and immortality, the elimination of all suffering and the expansion of human autonomy - Michael Hauskeller explores these narratives and the understanding of human nature that informs them. Particular attention is paid to the theory of transhumanism as a form of utopia, stories of human nature, the increasing integration of the radical human enhancement project into the cultural mainstream, and the drive to upgrade from flesh to machine.
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Introduction
1. Dreams of a Better World
2. Stories of Human Nature
3. The Twofold Nature of the Transhumanist Human
4. The Bioconservative Human
5. The Disease of Being Human
6. Messy Bodies
7. Is Nature Unfair?
8. Love Enhancement
9. Moral Enhancement
10. Animal Enhancement
Conclusion
Literature
Index.

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