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Technological Revolution, Transhumanism, and Social Deliberation: Enhancement or Welfare?

Technological Revolution, Transhumanism, and Social Deliberation: Enhancement or Welfare?

Ana Cuevas-Badallo, Daniel Labrador-Montero
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522571520|ISBN10: 1522571523|EISBN13: 9781522571537
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch004
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Cuevas-Badallo, Ana, and Daniel Labrador-Montero. "Technological Revolution, Transhumanism, and Social Deliberation: Enhancement or Welfare?." Handbook of Research on Industrial Advancement in Scientific Knowledge, edited by Vicente González-Prida Diaz and Jesus Pedro Zamora Bonilla, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 57-73. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch004

APA

Cuevas-Badallo, A. & Labrador-Montero, D. (2019). Technological Revolution, Transhumanism, and Social Deliberation: Enhancement or Welfare?. In V. Diaz & J. Bonilla (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Industrial Advancement in Scientific Knowledge (pp. 57-73). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch004

Chicago

Cuevas-Badallo, Ana, and Daniel Labrador-Montero. "Technological Revolution, Transhumanism, and Social Deliberation: Enhancement or Welfare?." In Handbook of Research on Industrial Advancement in Scientific Knowledge, edited by Vicente González-Prida Diaz and Jesus Pedro Zamora Bonilla, 57-73. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch004

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to show some of the assumptions that lie behind transhumanism. The concept of enhancement is analyzed. While, from transhumanism, human welfare depends on the enhancement of human capabilities, here it shall be argued that to begin with, a social debate over what is considered welfare is needed before we can establish what we wish to improve (enhance). This reflection must emphasize the necessity to reflect, ex ante, on what kind of technological development we want, viewing technology as a means to attain the agreed-upon type of welfare, rather than a goal in itself. On the basis of a socially open debate with an anticipatory perspective, society as a whole can establish which risks it is willing to take.

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