Dr. A. K. Moravec – Rebuttal I have to say that was, well, interesting. This has to be a short rebuttal and so I will just pick up on one area of disagreement. There are major flaws in the argument that trans-humanism lacks an able morality; in fact I want to argue that we have a moral obligation to pursue trans-humanism. We have obligations as people, and John Harris points out 2 main obligations. Our obligations are: To do no harm and to be fair. I believe these two obligations lead us in a couple of different directions. The obligation to do no harm requires that we don’t harm others, but I believe it leads us to seek the good of others as well. It would be the same thing if a woman chose not to take a pill that would keep her child
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I understand that I have an outsider’s position on all of this, so I appreciate the hospitality I have been shown. And thank you Dr. Moravec for putting yourself on a stage with the likes of me. I do appreciate the opportunity. Now I would like to close with several observations. It can be very readily seen that the different worldviews that both Dr. Moravec and I hold so drastically change how we envision what humanity is and what it will become. I believe that tonight, in the short time we had, I have presented a biblical understanding of humanity as people made in the image of God, having inherent worth, but also being sinful creatures who now face death as a penalty for that rebellion against God. What humanity can become rests solely on a decision to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It is only through him that we can overcome sin and death. You see, what I believe the entire trans-humanist movement is doing is two things. The first is bypassing death. Death is the punishment for sin that all of us have to go through. The only difference is what will happen after death, whether we will be raised from the dead to eternal life or death. What trans-humanism is trying to do is get out of that divine judgment by finding a new way to
I understand that I have an outsider’s position on all of this, so I appreciate the hospitality I have been shown. And thank you Dr. Moravec for putting yourself on a stage with the likes of me. I do appreciate the opportunity. Now I would like to close with several observations. It can be very readily seen that the different worldviews that both Dr. Moravec and I hold so drastically change how we envision what humanity is and what it will become. I believe that tonight, in the short time we had, I have presented a biblical understanding of humanity as people made in the image of God, having inherent worth, but also being sinful creatures who now face death as a penalty for that rebellion against God. What humanity can become rests solely on a decision to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It is only through him that we can overcome sin and death. You see, what I believe the entire trans-humanist movement is doing is two things. The first is bypassing death. Death is the punishment for sin that all of us have to go through. The only difference is what will happen after death, whether we will be raised from the dead to eternal life or death. What trans-humanism is trying to do is get out of that divine judgment by finding a new way to