The Ethics of Generating Posthumans
Philosophical and Theological Reflections on Bringing New Persons Into Existence
Description:... A note on the text -- List of contributors -- Faith perspectives -- Introduction: Calum MacKellar (Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, UK) and Trevor Stammers -- Part I Who is a transhuman and posthuman person? -- 1 -- The concept of a 'person' and its history, Michael Fuchs (Catholic University of Linz, Austria) -- 2 -- One of us: Humans, transhumans and posthumans, Richard Playford (St Mary's University, UK) -- 3 -- Remaining human: The philosophy of Charles Taylor aimed at the ethics of generating trans- and posthuman persons, Gregory Parker Jr. (University of Edinburgh, UK) -- 4 -- Being somebody: Towards a categorical imperative for the age of transhumanism, Christian Hölzchen -- Part II How can transhuman and posthuman persons be generated? -- 5 -- On the scientific plausibility of transhumanism, Chris Willmott (University of Leicester, UK) -- Part III Philosophical aspects in generating transhuman and posthuman persons -- 6 -- Domination and vulnerability: Herman Bavinck and posthumanism in the shadow of Friedrich Nietzsche, James Eglinton (University of Edinburgh, UK) -- 7 -- The question of technology and relationships: How might Martin Heidegger's idea of enframing shape how posthuman persons and their generators relate to one another? Matthew James (St Mary's University, UK) -- 8 -- Deliver us from (artificial) evil: Are the generators of Artificial Intelligences morally accountable for the actions of those they generate? Trevor Stammers -- Part IV Theological aspects in generating transhuman and posthuman persons -- 9 -- A Jewish outlook: A Jewish case study in creating transhuman and posthuman persons, Deborah Blausten (Finchley Reform Synagogue, London) -- 10 -- A Christian outlook: The rational body: A Thomistic perspective on parenthood and posthumanism, Michael Wee (Durham University, UK) -- 11 -- An Islamic outlook: Islamic perspectives on the ethics of bringing transhuman and posthuman persons into existence Mehrunisha Suleman (University of Cambridge, UK).
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