Is human enhancement possible if it comes from the outside?

Throughout history, human beings have worked on their personal enhancement. Not only improving the living conditions, but also trying to improve the moral behavior of people, usually through education. The Transhumanist proposal of moral enhancement promises to make us better and understands it as a...

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Autor: Herce-Fernández, R. (Rubén)|||/items/50a16773-8cb4-4c87-94ed-8903dd101778
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/58298
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/58298
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Transhumanism Moral Enhancement
Human Enhancement
Agent
Bioenhancement
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Sumario:Throughout history, human beings have worked on their personal enhancement. Not only improving the living conditions, but also trying to improve the moral behavior of people, usually through education. The Transhumanist proposal of moral enhancement promises to make us better and understands it as a duty, also because of the ethical challenges that present to us. In the following article we explore if that is possible and to what extent, taking into account that humans are agents.