Transhumanism, Motion, and Human Perfection
Transhumanism’s ideology is marked by a commitment to the "progress" or "perfection" of the human species through technological means. What transhumanists are after is not just therapeutic intervention or optimization of current human capabilities, but an ontological change from...
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2022
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Christian bioethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 185-196 |
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