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Mapping Human Enhancement Rhetoric

Mapping Human Enhancement Rhetoric

Kevin A. Thayer
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781466660106|ISBN10: 1466660104|EISBN13: 9781466660113
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6010-6.ch003
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Thayer, Kevin A. "Mapping Human Enhancement Rhetoric." Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies, edited by Steven John Thompson, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 30-53. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6010-6.ch003

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Thayer, K. A. (2014). Mapping Human Enhancement Rhetoric. In S. Thompson (Ed.), Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies (pp. 30-53). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6010-6.ch003

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Thayer, Kevin A. "Mapping Human Enhancement Rhetoric." In Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies, edited by Steven John Thompson, 30-53. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6010-6.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter raises ethical questions about the relationship between HET and the discourse of human enhancement technologies. Specifically, it explores some problems in mapping human enhancement rhetoric. In the first section, human enhancement rhetoric is defined. Questions are raised about the rhetorical act of re-defining “human enhancement” as a problem of self-descriptive narrative and performance measurement. In section two, various approaches and terms for mapping are presented as a way of underscoring the slippery qualities of human enhancement as a dynamic, expanding discourse. Section three explains the changing ethical positions for enhancement technology users through the concepts of “over claim,” “reacting to technology,” and “ethos.” In section four, boundary changes for HET users are discussed as a complex mapping of shifting concepts, discourse, and communities. In conclusion, the transition from human enhancement to transhuman enhancement is emphasized with suggestions for future research.

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