Human enhancement

a good human being. However, Fukuyama (2012) believes that humans are miraculously complex products of a long evolutionary process-products whose whole is much more than the sum of our parts. On the other hand, posthumanism is a discourse which…

Transhumanism”, the author George Dvorsky explains the meaning of Transhumanism and elaborates the innovative ways it can benefit human kind in the future. He also points out the modern workings of medical and technological breakthroughs. He claims that more individuals should join in and be involved in transhumanism, which aims to stimulate and promote the remarkable enhancement of humans through science and technology. Dvorsky states the similarities of notions in spirituality and ethics, and…

Power excerpts, he doesn’t mention the term ”the overman” as much in the excerpt, he does give various characteristic to the term. (i.e page 276, columns 997­999) making it more than obvious vision on how a man should be more than just human ­all­ too­ human, regardless if he was one or not. All these ideas had been pondered on and developed though all his works. This, more or less, reveals much about the way Nietzsche saw life. This essay will attempt on seeing through, as much as…

proven that human beings are greatly capable of acting immoral and committing immoral activities. Persson and Savulescu believe that through the massive advancements of science and technology, it has become easier to create biological, nuclear and chemical weapons of mass destruction. The expansion of these technological capabilities risks danger of these technologies falling into the hands of certain deranged individuals. Proponents of moral enhancement believe in cognitive enhancement via the…

The Killers wrote a song called “Human” in 2008. It peaked at number thirty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of October 18, 2008. This song has an intriguing lyric,” Are we human, or are we dancers”, that coincides with bioethics. The lyric can transcribe as are we human, are we actual people living out normal lives, not controlled by anyone, or are we dancer, are we puppets controlled by someone else for someone else’s entertainment. I believe that we are not puppets controlled by a…

As one becomes preoccupied with human drama, the sense of their true self is lost. David O. Russell displays this dilemma throughout the film I Heart Huckabees. Individuals, who find themselves in such situation, must work to dismantle their position in order to achieve a state of self-realization. The journey they embark on is independent of their end goal, as the difficulties with dismantling are unique to each participant. As each circumstance may vary, enhancing one’s quality of life may…

a Greek utopia and their noticeable anatomical peculiarities which can be seen as “improvements” on human physiology help to convey the perfection of the people and therefore their society (Winston, 223.) On the other hand, the Moonmen possess cabbage-leaf tails, fur lined stomachs, and removable eyes (Lucian. 1.24-26.) Features such as these do not particularly call to mind enhancement over human anatomy, instead they appear to simply be different than their terrestrial counterparts.…

Technology, it's what everybody considers the thing of the future as it enhances and vastly improves our lives. Generation after generation, technology gets smarter and more capable to the needs of the consumer, or humans in this case. Researchers at the State University of New York in Buffalo have genetically engineered a way to change the color that can appear on a butterflies wings. Now this might seem crazy and what may be considered as the "Future" but may not be that insane or far…

Human genetic engineering is the process by which scientists and medical experts alter the DNA of a living, human cell. Human genetic engineering essentially has two basic forms: somatic and germline. Somatic engineering targets specific genes within the body without affecting the genes in the eggs or sperm. The objective of this type of human genetic engineering is to treat an existing condition. The important aspect of this is that it does not alter the individual´s entire genetic makeup. The…

Samanta Soter Mr. Price Biology 5 February, 2015 Genetic Problems The movie GATTACA that was directed by Andrew Niccol, featuring Ethan Hawke, who played Vincent Freeman, Jude Law as Jerome Morrow, and Uma Thurman as Irene, has a lot of information about genetic engineering of the offsprings. In the movie, it creates discrimination among the people who have good genes and bad genes. Vincent Freeman was one of those people, so it kept him from accomplishing his dreams. Once he found a way to…