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  1. Life-Extension in Transhumanist and Christian Perspectives: Consonance and Conflict.Todd Daly - 2005 - Journal of Evolution and Technology 14 (2):57-75.
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  • A history of transhumanist thought.Nick Bostrom - 2005 - Journal of Evolution and Technology 14 (1):1-25.
    The human desire to acquire new capacities is as ancient as our species itself. We have always sought to expand the boundaries of our existence, be it socially, geographically, or mentally. There is a tendency in at least some individuals always to search for a way around every obstacle and limitation to human life and happiness.
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  • Transhumanist Values.Nick Bostrom - 2005 - Journal of Philosophical Research 30 (Supplement):3-14.
    Transhumanism is a loosely defined movement that has developed gradually over the past two decades. [1] It promotes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and evaluating the opportunities for enhancing the human condition and the human organism opened up by the advancement of technology. Attention is given to both present technologies, like genetic engineering and information technology, and anticipated future ones, such as molecular nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.
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  • Software Immortals—Science or Faith?Diane Proudfoot - 2012 - In Amnon H. Eden & James H. Moor (eds.), Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment. Springer. pp. 367-389.
    According to the early futurist Julian Huxley, human life as we know it is ‘a wretched makeshift, rooted in ignorance’. With modern science, however, ‘the present limitations and miserable frustrations of our existence could be in large measure surmounted’ and human life could be ‘transcended by a state of existence based on the illumination of knowledge’ (1957b, p. 16).
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  • Who wants to live forever? Three arguments against extending the human lifespan.M. A. M. Pijnenburg & C. Leget - 2007 - Journal of Medical Ethics 33 (10):585-587.
    The wish to extend the human lifespan has a long tradition in many cultures. Optimistic views of the possibility of achieving this goal through the latest developments in medicine feature increasingly in serious scientific and philosophical discussion. The authors of this paper argue that research with the explicit aim of extending the human lifespan is both undesirable and morally unacceptable. They present three serious objections, relating to justice, the community and the meaning of life.
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  • (1 other version)The fable of the dragon tyrant.N. Bostrom - 2005 - Journal of Medical Ethics 31 (5):273-277.
    Once upon a time, the planet was tyrannized by a giant dragon. The dragon stood taller than the largest cathedral, and it was covered with thick black scales. Its red eyes glowed with hate, and from its terrible jaws flowed an incessant stream of evil-smelling yellowishgreen slime. It demanded from humankind a blood-curdling tribute: to satisfy its enormous appetite, ten thousand men and women had to be delivered every evening at the onset of dark to the foot of the mountain (...)
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  • Transhumanismo (Th) Como Ideología Ambigüedades y Dificultades de la Fe En El Progreso.Mariano Asla - 2018 - SCIO Revista de Filosofía 15:63-96.
    Según reza la tradición, la filosofía nació del asombro. El mundo, pleno de verdad y de belleza, invitaba a la contemplación. Pero esta actitud reverente fue abandonada por las ideologías, que redefinieron a la filosofía como un programa de acción. El pensamiento devino praxis, programa transformador dirigido a eliminar los males y alienaciones, construyendo, por fin, el paraíso en la tierra. El TH puede interpretarse como una reedición de este espíritu ideológico, que apuesta por la tecnología como instrumento para la (...)
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  • (1 other version)Forever Young? Life Extension and the Ageing Mind.Michael Hauskeller - 2011 - Ethical Perspectives 18 (3):385-405.
    This paper argues that the goal the proponents of radical life extension wish to attain is in fact unattainable, and that with regard to this goal, the whole project of conquering ageing and death is therefore likely to fail. What we seek to achieve is not the prolongation of life as such, but rather the prolongation of a healthy and youthful life. Yet even though it may one day be possible to prevent the body from ageing beyond a certain stage (...)
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  • (1 other version)¿ Debemos aspirar a una vida inmortal?: El debate bioético sobre el alargamiento de la vida humana.Vicente Bellver Capella - 2013 - Diálogo Filosófico 86 (86):240-265.
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  • Cave 2.0. The dualistic roots of transhumanism.Alfredo Marcos & Moisés Pérez Marcos - 2019 - Scientia et Fides 7 (2):23-40.
    El transhumanismo es una moda intelectual que propone la transformación de los seres humanos mediante diversas tecnologías. Expondremos brevemente los rasgos más conspicuos del TH, así como las principales críticas que se le han hecho. Pero la intención de este artículo no es entrar en esta polémica; aportaremos tan solo las claves imprescindibles para poder seguir adelante. Y una de las claves más intrigantes del TH es que, por debajo de su pátina tecno-futurista, remite a ciertas ideas filosóficas tan viejas (...)
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  • Técnica y Sentido.José Manuel Chillón & Alfredo Marcos - 2015 - SCIO Revista de Filosofía 11:77-99.
    El ser humano precisa de la técnica para vivir y desarrollarse en todas sus dimensiones, biológicas, sociales y espirituales. La técnica, por su parte, cobra sentido cuando es puesta precisamente al servicio del desarrollo humano. Pero lo técnico ha ido desplegándose a lo largo de la historia en diversas modalidades: de la simple técnica hemos pasado a la tecnología, después a la tecnociencia, de ahí a la biotecnología y, en última instancia, a la antropotecnia. En los últimos años algunos pensadores (...)
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